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Common Testing Errors

The following is a list of some of the common errors made during testing. The list is not intended to cover all possible common errors under all possible conditions.

• All load module components you need for your test must be generated and installed. If you are testing the flow between two procedure steps, be sure that both procedure steps have been installed.
• If you attempt to access a load module that has not been generated, the test fails. If the attempt is made from within the Application Test Facility, the error message is:

  CSV0031 REQUESTED MODULE module_name NOT FOUND
  

• Press End (as defined in the testing environment for your application) to return to a clear screen.
• To test any part of a multistep procedure, you must always generate the first procedure step as well as the procedure steps you intend to test. This is because the first procedure step provides the access to all other procedure steps in the procedure.
• You can only use the Debug Trace Facility with those components for which you generated debug support. You can, however, test components without using the Debug Trace Facility.
• All load module components must be generated before the load module can be installed.
• If any component has not been generated and is not Dynamically called, the install will fail. The link-edit step will have unresolved references.
• A load module must be installed before it can be tested. Ensure that it is installed using the correct installation parameters. For the Application Test Facility, be sure to specify IEFAE as your target environment, or on the Host, select the Target TSO test facility option. For CICS, do not select this option; specify CICS as your target environment.

  If you are testing a load module within the Application Test Facility that uses an external action block that contains IMS or CICS environment calls or DL/I calls, be sure to comment out the IMS, CICS, or DL/I calls within the external action block or the external action block itself. Otherwise, the test abends with a System 0C1 or 0C4 Abend.