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Find a Definition or Search Using the Search = Field

Use the Search= field to define or search for data as follows.

To display the definition of a data item, follow these steps:

1. Enter a data item name up to 31 characters in the Search= field.
2. Press Enter to begin the search. CA InterTest for CICS highlights the data item and its definition.

To search for a data item, follow these steps:

1. Enter up to 31 characters in the Search= field.
2. Specify the search direction in the Option # field. (Option # 9 is Search Forward; Option # 10 is Search Backward.)
3. Press Enter to begin the search.

For COBOL nested programs, CA InterTest for CICS first searches the current nested program (indicated in the NESTED= field) for the specified data item. If the data item is not found in the indicated program, CA InterTest for CICS then searches the main program and other nested programs for the item.

Note: It is not necessary to enter the entire data item, label, or paragraph name; enter the first few characters to begin your search.

Example

If you wanted to search for TASKNUM, you could enter TASK, TASKN, and so on, in the Search= field.