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Program Call Trace

The Call Trace tells you how the transaction got to where the abend occurred. This is especially useful when troubleshooting an abend for a long‑running transaction or a composite module. This screen contains a complete program call history of the transaction that abended.

To display the Program Call Trace Summary, Select Program Call Trace under the Formatted Display category on the Display Selection menu.

The summary provides the following information for each call:

Caller details

The program making the call. Details include the program name, CSECT of the call, return offset, and caller‑program language.

Call type

Indicates the type of call. Types include a CICS link, a static call, a dynamic call, last command executed, or unknown.

Called details

The program being called. Details include the program name, CSECT, and offset.

The Call Trace Summary lists calls in chronological order:

• The top entry lists the first program in the call chain
• The bottom entry is the current program

A sample Program Call Trace Summary follows. Detailed field definitions are available from online help (PF1).

              CA SymDump for CICS V9.0 PROGRAM CALL TRACE SUMMARY      A11CIQA5 
 COMMAND ===>                                                                   
                                                                                
   Type S for program source I for program details  R for registers at call     
        C for Channel/Container display                                         
   Prog: COB2DEML   Code: ASRA    Tran: DEC2   Appl: A11CIQA5   Date: 06/16/11  
   User: CICSUSER   Task: 00120   Term: U005   Node: A55TU005   Time: 13:10:06  
                                                                                
   ------- Caller (FIFO sequence) -------                                       
   Program   Csect     Return  Language    Call Type                            
 _ COB2DEMO  COB2DEMO  002AA8  COBOL       Linked to                            
 _ COB2DEML  COB2DEML  0002B4  COBOL       Stat call                            
 _ COB2DEML  ACO2IN25  0000E2  COBOL       CURR PGM                             
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