Set Breakpoints

A breakpoint halts execution of your program. CA InterTest for CICS halts the program at a breakpoint location before the instruction executes.

The following table shows the types of breakpoints that you can set in a program:

Breakpoint	Action
Unconditional	Stops at a specified program location.
Conditional	Stops at a specified program location when a specified condition is met.
Variable‑change	Stops when the value of a specified variable changes.
Request	Stops at a CICS command or macro or at calls to software.

Setting a breakpoint automatically sets monitoring for that program, so if you are setting a breakpoint before you execute a program, you do not need to set monitoring for the program.