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Read the Program Call Trace

The previous example shows the call trace for an ASRA abend in the program COBDEML. Reading this trace from the bottom up gives us the call history of DEC2 leading up to the ASRA abend:

• The first line indicates CICS passed control to the COBOL program COB2DEMO for transaction DEC2. The first call was an EXEC CICS LINK to COB2DEML at the beginning of CSECT COB2DEML (offset 00000). The call return offset is 002BEC in COB2DEMO.
• The middle line indicates COB2DEML, also a COBOL program, executed a static call to a subroutine (ACO2IN25). The call return offset is 0002B4 in COB2DEML.