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Advanced Techniques

Several easy-to-master techniques will make your dump viewing sessions more productive. It is recommended that you set your PF keys to some of the CA SymDump System commands to facilitate their use.

The Keep Window and the Electronic Notepad can help with your diagnostic procedure. Learn to use the KEEP command to copy any data line from any display into your Keep Window. The NOTES command enables you to maintain notes for each dump as you view.

Use the Auto-Mapping to view any storage location with labels retrieved from the appropriate OS or CICS control block. Learn how the EQUATE command can be used to create symbols and assign maps to storage locations, and how the HOME command can help you to control your movement through the display levels.

Details of these advanced techniques are described in this chapter.

This section contains the following topics:

Using PF Keys

Mapping Dump Storage Location

Using Symbols

Using the Keep Window

Using the Electronic Notepad

Display Levels