Running a Message Report

The Message Report utility (msgrpt) creates a report of all messages for a translation.

For more information, see the section Message Report.

To run a message report

  1. Access the Message Report utility.

    At the command line, type:

    lapm msgrpt

    - or -

    msgrpt [-n|t] [-p productline] language [translation]

  2. In the Report on a Language's Messages and Translations form or as part of the command syntax, type or select the following:
    Program Option Description
    n Print messages without translations.
    t Print messages with translations.
    p Print messages for a product line.
    Field Description
    Product Line Product line to run the message report for. You must type p in the first field (or use the -p option) and the product line name in the second field.
    Base Language Source language. The default is US_ENGLISH.
    Translated Language Translated language; for example, Spanish.
    I/O Options Display the output or redirect it to a file. The default is 2>&1 | lashow, which sends the output to lashow. Type > filename to send output to a file.
  3. Press Enter.

    The program runs and displays a message when it completes.

Example: Message Report

The following example shows the output from a report run for U.S. English (source language) and Spanish (translation). The U.S. English message "Account Rate" has no translation.

Message Translation Report                 Page 11
U.S. English -  Account Group:                                       
Spanish    -  Grupo Cuentas:                                         
U.S. English -  Account Group:                                       
Spanish    -  Grupo Cuentas:                                         
U.S. English -  Account Range:                                       
Spanish    -  Rango Cuentas:                                         
U.S. English -  Account Rate                                         
U.S. English -  Accounting Units:                                    
Spanish    -  Unidades Contables:                                    
U.S. English - * Error - Line \ - Accounting Unit Or Account Is 
Invalid    
Spanish    - * Error - Linea \ - Unidad Contable o Cuenta Invalida