Batch Link Facility › Debug a Batch Application

Debug a Batch Application

When a job step that has been modified for batch link executes, the program CAMRBL01 starts the debugging engine in batch. At this point the job step becomes available for debugging.

Batch link debugging sessions can only be connected to a terminal using the Batch Link Option Menu, described later in this section. You choose a batch link job step for debugging from the selection list provided. Doing so connects the terminal to the batch job, creating a batch link debugging session.

Debugging is exactly the same as it is for a standard foreground testing session, with the following exceptions:

• The application and the debugging engine both execute in batch, not in foreground. The terminal acts only as a window for communicating with the batch link session.
• The batch link session begins with the Monitor Control panel, not an Execution Control panel.
• When the debugging session ends, the batch job continues normally with the next step, and the terminal returns to the Batch Link Option Menu.