Course Description

CICS Program Debugging

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Benefits

This course covers testing and test planning, as well as solution of program errors. Students will learn to use the CEDF online debugging facility to test programs and solve problems. In addition, students are shown how to use the CEMT, CEBR, CMAC, and CECI facilities to provide greater testing flexibility and control. Use of CICS transaction dumps is also covered.

Audience

Programmers who will code, maintain, and test CICS programs.

Prerequisites

Students should be familiar with CICS programming.

Recommended Materials

This course is not available for licensing nor for RCT.

• CEDF online debugging
• Dynamic command modification
• Changing working storage
• Methods to speed up testing
• Handling abends
• Pseudo-conversational testing
• Using CEBR to scan Temporary Storage
• CEMT facilities used to enhance/control testing
• CMAC error message transaction
• CECI transaction to check statement syntax
• CECI file processing
• Creating CECI variables
• Using the Trace Table
• CETR trace transaction
• Reading a CICS transaction dump
• Test planning

Exercises

There are five machine exercises and two dump/trace reading exercises.

Notes

This course supports CICS Version 4. Course is available for CICS Version 2 or 3 also.

An extra day may be added to this course to cover XPEDITER, Abend-Aid, or InterTest testing products.