Reporting

CA SymDump Batch provides reports when a system dump is requested as the result of an ABEND, or when a snap request is made using a call to CAODSNAP. Until that time, there is no intervention of any kind. For more information, see Abend Reporting with Language Environment (LE) later in this chapter.

CA SymDump Batch reports on all programs, with additional information provided for COBOL, PL/I, and Assembler programs. There are several levels of information that may be available depending on the programming language and the existence of symbolic information. For more information, see Hierarchy of Information.

The contents of a report are completely controlled by the installation defaults and override options. It is also possible to receive a system dump in addition to abend reports. Exclusion criteria can be selected at installation time to allow for system dumps instead of abend reports for certain ABENDs.

CA SymDump Batch generates two different reports:

The abend report eliminates much of the searching and guesswork involved in debugging programs. The abend report presents diagnostic information and key storage data information in a straightforward format.
The Snap report provides snapshots of your program's data areas and other pertinent program information. To invoke the Snap report, place a CALL at the spot in your program where you want the snapshot to be taken. You can specify multiple snaps in a single program execution.