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Menus

Menus let you access all CA SymDump for CICS functions easily.

To access the CA SymDump for CICS menus use one of the following methods:

• From CICS, enter the transaction ID SYMD from a clear CICS screen. The CA SymDump for CICS Primary Option menu appears.

• You can also access the CA SymDump for CICS Primary Option menu from the CA InterTest for CICS Primary Option menu by selecting option 5 Dump Analysis.

The following sample screen is the CA SymDump for CICS Primary Option Menu:

‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑  CA SymDump for CICS v9.0  PRIMARY OPTION MENU ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑
 OPTION  ===>                                                                 
1 Analysis           ‑ Display/select captured CICS dumps/traces          
2 Tracing            ‑ Capture CICS internal trace for analysis           
3 Configuration      ‑ Display/modify CA‑SymDump initialization parameters
4 Start              ‑ Start dump capture facility                        
5 Stop               ‑ Stop dump capture facility                         
6 Source             ‑ Display/select program source files/listings    
7 Status/Maintenance - Product status and maintenance functions
8 What's new?        ‑ Display information about CA‑SymDump 6.x release
X Exit               ‑ Terminate CA‑SymDump menu processing               
                       CA SymDump for CICS v9.0
             Copyright © 2011 CA.  All rights reserved.
                                                                              
 PF1 Help       2            3 End        4 Return     5            6         
 PF7            8            9           10           11           12         

From the Primary Option menu, you can access all CA SymDump for CICS functions. A brief summary of each option follows.

1 Analysis

Specifies selection criteria for the dumps and traces you want to access.

2 Tracing

Captures the CICS Internal Trace table and writes it to the PROTDMP file.

3 Configuration

Sets or updates parameters for capturing dumps.

4 Start

Starts the dump capture facility.

5 Stop

Stops the dump capture facility.

6 Source

Selects program source files and listings for display.

7 Status/Maintenance

Status

Provides online displays of CA SymDump for CICS product components, including the genlevel, global installation options, and what maintenance has been applied.

Maintenance

Allows a help administrator to maintain the optional user help file entries of user‑defined abend codes and descriptions.

8 What's New

Displays online help topics listing the new features for this release.

X Exit

Exits menu processing.

You can bypass this menu and go directly to one of the CA SymDump for CICS options by entering SYMD x, where x is the option number listed on the Primary Option menu. For example, enter SYMD 1 from a clear CICS screen to go directly to the Analysis screen.

Note: From CA InterTest for CICS menus, enter 5.x from the CA InterTest for CICS Primary Option menu command line, where x is the option number listed on the CA SymDump for CICS Primary Option menu. You can also quickly exit any menu by using =X.