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CICS Control Blocks

The CICS Control Block folder is also built dynamically when a CICS dump is selected for viewing. It contains many key CICS control blocks that you may need to reference during your dump viewing session.

The CICS control blocks identified during the dump load is dependent on the reports generated at dump capture time. Many of the CICS control blocks are identified by post‑processing the formatted reports to consolidate the control block addresses in a single place.

CICS control blocks are categorized in subfolders as shown next:

CA SymDump System V9.0 --------- Dump Tree ----------------------- Line 1 of 96 Command ===>                                                   Scroll ===> CSR  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System    XAE1            Asid      01FA            UserId    MIKED            JobName   MIKED530        Date      2009/07/11      Time      16.08.53          Program   DFHSIP          Offset    000AC970        Code      SM0103            -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lvl 2 Cmd  Address   Description  .               Job=MIKED530  .             + |  Favorites  .             + |  Formatted Reports  .             + |  Loaded Programs  .             + |  Viewed Storage Areas  .             + |  Control Blocks  .               |  CICS Control Blocks  .             + | |  CICS System Areas  .             + | |  Directory Elements  .             + | |  Domain Anchors  .             + | |  Files  .             + | |  Programs  .             + | |  Task Areas  .             + | |  Transactions  .             + | |  Transient Data Queues F1=HELP      F2=SPLIT     F3=END       F4=DUMP      F5=RFIND     F6=MAP F7=UP        F8=DOWN      F9=SWAP     F10=LEFT     F11=RIGHT    F12=RETRIEVE

Expand any of these subfolders to display the list of control blocks:

CA SymDump System V9.0 --------- Dump Tree ----------------------- Line 1 of 96 Command ===>                                                   Scroll ===> CSR  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System    XAE1            Asid      01FA            UserId    MIKED            JobName   MIKED530        Date      2009/07/11      Time      16.08.53         Program   DFHSIP          Offset    000AC970        Code      SM0103            -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lvl 2  Cmd  Address  Description .              + | |  CICS System Areas                                          .              + | |  Directory Elements                                         .              + | |  Domain Anchors                                             .              + | |  Files                                                      .                | |  Kernel Errors                                              .   0C032D30     | | |  KERR=0C7/AKEA  Module=STGVIOLA+01A6                      .   0C032ED8     | | |  KERR=      /ASRA  Module=DFHSRP+3E12                        .   0C033080     | | |  KERR=0C7/AKEA  Module=DFHAPLI1+FFFF                      .   0C033228     | | |  KERR=      /????  Module=DFHEPC+0596                        .   0C0333D0     | | |  KERR=      /????  Module=DFHEPC+0596                        .   0C033578     | | |  KERR=      /????  Module=DFHEPC+0596                        .              + | |  Programs                                                   .              + | |  Transactions                                               .              + | |  Transient Data Queues                                      F1=HELP      F2=SPLIT     F3=END       F4=DUMP      F5=RFIND     F6=MAP        F7=UP        F8=DOWN      F9=SWAP     F10=LEFT     F11=RIGHT    F12=RETRIEVE 

The Address column lists the base address for the control block. The Description field provides the name of the control block and possible additional information to help identify the structure.

Each control block is automatically associated with a map name that is used by default to map the structure. CICS control block maps are provided with the standard installation for all of the supported CICS releases. CICS maps are loaded automatically when a CICS dump is selected for viewing.