NET/MASTER RMS Management and Operations Guide

9 Controlling Message Handlers
and Rules
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This section provides instructions on how to control message handlers and rules.
Rules include message action rules and RMS timers. The section also describes how to
dynamically modify the characteristics of message handlers and RMS timers, and how
to use message subjects to modify message handler actions.
Controlling Message
Handlers
The rulesets you develop contain a set of rules that a message handler should follow
when processing messages. The rules become effective when you start a message
handler that uses the ruleset. You can specify only one ruleset when you start a
message handler. Implement one or more %INCLUDE rules in the ruleset if you want
to include the rules in other rulesets. See “Implementing a %INCLUDE Rule” in
Section 5 for instructions on how to add a %INCLUDE rule.
You must start the message handler in the environment in which you want to process
the messages. In particular, you must start a MSGPROC or an INT-type message
handler in your current environment from an OCS window.
You can control and display information on a message handler by using the RMS
panel interface or the RMS command interface. You can perform the following:
Start a message handler by using the RMS panel interface.
Start a message handler by using the RMS command interface.
Display the list of message handlers and their descriptions (you can only do this
by using the RMS panel interface).
Explicitly purge message handlers by using the RMS panel interface.
Explicitly purge a message handler by using the RMS command interface.
Implicitly purge a message handler.
Modify a ruleset dynamically (you can only do this by using the RMS panel
interface).
Replace the ruleset used by a message handler (you can only do this by using the
RMS panel interface).