Advanced Monitoring Features › Request Breakpoints › Set Request Breakpoints

Set Request Breakpoints

To set request breakpoints, perform the following steps:

1. Select option 2 Monitoring on the Primary Option Menu. CA InterTest for CICS displays the Monitoring Menu.
2. Select option 1 Programs. CA InterTest for CICS displays the Program Monitoring screen.

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    COMMAND ===>                                                                   
                                                                                   
      Type information and S to set or R to remove option(s) below.               
                                                                                   
      Program  . . asmdemo_     Program name (or .ALL, .OPTIONS or generic)        
      User ID  . .     ____     User (or .ANY) for whom the program is monitored   
                                                                                   
      Option       Description                                            More:   +
    _ Status       Display and/or remove monitoring options (S only)               
    _ Monitor      Monitoring (R removes monitoring and all options previously set)
    _ UBP          Unconditional breakpoints (specific program only)               
    _ CBP          Conditional breakpoints (specific program only)                 
    s RBP          Breakpoints for CICS, DB2, DL/I or external CALL requests       
    _ Stmt Trace   Statement tracing and data monitoring (COBOL only) 
    _ New copy     Fetch new copy of program and reset monitoring options (S only) 
    _ Commands     Indirect commands defined for a specific COBOL or PL/1 program 
    _ Replace      CICS resource name replacement options                          
    _ Protect      Storage protection monitoring options                          
    _ Special      Other options (storage allocation, file updating, etc.)         
    _ Composite    Monitor multi‑CSECT program's separately compiled components 
                                                                                   
    PF1 Help       2            3 End        4 Return     5            6           
    PF7 Backward   8 Forward    9           10           11           12          
   

3. In the Program field, type the name of the program for which you want to set request breakpoints.
4. Type an s to the left of the RBP (request breakpoints) option. Press Enter.

The Request Breakpoint Selection menu appears on which you specify the type of request breakpoint, such as: all CICS commands, File Control, Task Control, and so on, as shown in the following panel:

CA InterTest MONITORING COMMAND BUILDER - REQUEST BREAKPOINT SELECTION 13       
              Set  one or more types of Request Breakpoints in:                 
                                PROG=ASMDEMO                                    
                                                                                
 _ ALL commands                    _ DL/I    _ DB2     _ CALLs                  
                                                                                
   _ Address, Assign,         _ Storage Control    _ BMS                        
       Handles, Push, Pop     _ Program Control    _ Trace Control              
   _ Terminal Control         _ Interval Control   _ Dump Control               
   _ File Control             _ Task Control       _ Batch Data Interchange     
   _ TD Control               _ Journal Control    _ Built-In Functions         
   _ TS Control               _ Syncpoints         _ Sys Prog Functions         
   _ Web access               _ Business Trans     _ 3270 Bridge                
                                                                                
   Enter 'n' to stop only every n'th time:                         ____         
   Term ID (or .ANY or .NO) where breakpoints will take effect:    ____         
   Term ID (or .ANY) that will receive the breakpoints:            ____         
                                                                                
   User ID (or .ANY) who will execute the program:                 ________     
                                                                             
 PF1 Help       2            3 End        4 Return     5            6           
 PF7            8            9           10           11           12

Subsequent menus prompt you for the specific command, such as all File Control commands, READ, WRITE, REWRITE, and so on.

Note: Enter an x in front of each type of command for which you want to set request breakpoints.

After setting your request breakpoints, you are returned to the Program Monitoring menu. Use PF3 to return to the previous menu or Source display, use PF4 to go to the Primary Option Menu.