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Add a Storage Item

Display up to six data items at one time in the Keep window whenever the source listing is displayed. Identify the data items whose values you want to observe. If you identify more than six items, the first six items that you specify are displayed. When one item is removed from the Keep window, another item appears. If there are more than six items in total, view these by scrolling forward.

The following screen shows four data items displayed, in hexadecimal format, in the Keep window on the source listing breakpoint display.

               CA InterTest  PROTDEM FILE SOURCE LISTING BREAKPOINT           
COMMAND ===>                                                                   
Program= COBDEMO  Option #       Stmt #                             Margin= 01 
                                        Search=   
                            
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  |è  TASKNUM                       | 000000                                
  |    TASKIDNO                      | 000F                                 
  |    TASKDATE                      | F0F961F1 F561F8F9                 
  |è  VARLENGTHDATA                 | 00                                    
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------  
  _ 00880 CONTINUETASK.                                                       
    00881**** TASKNUM *NOTE* FIELD MUST BE INITIALIZED                         
  A   ==>     ADD +1 TO TASKNUM.                                               
      ==>                                                                      
      ==> ASRA abend (0C7) detected and prevented. Caused by invalid decimal   
      ==> arithmetic data format.                                              
      ==>                                                                      
      ==>      Press PF1 for a detailed description.                           
      ==>                                                                      
  _ 00883     IF TASKNUM = 1     
  _ 00884         MOVE 'DMAPASR'  TO MAPNAME.

To add a data item from where it is defined, follow these steps:

  1. Enter k to the left of the statement defining it.
  2. Press Enter. CA InterTest for CICS places the data item in the Keep window.

To add a data item from where it is referenced, follow these steps:

  1. Enter k to the left of the statement referencing it.
  2. Place the cursor under any character in the data item.
  3. Press Enter. CA InterTest for CICS places the data item in the Keep window.

Note: Data items remain in the Keep window until you remove them or until you turn off CA InterTest for CICS monitoring for the program—except for items added using the AUTOKEEP facility. AutoKeep items appear in high intensity in the Keep window; permanent Keep items appear in low intensity.