Retrieve information about a transaction dump code.
INQUIRE TRANDUMPCODE >>-INQUIRE TRANDUMPCODE(data-value)-----------------------------> .------------------------. V | >----+--------------------+-+---------------------------------->< +-CURRENT(data-area)-+ +-DUMPSCOPE(cvda)----+ +-MAXIMUM(data-area)-+ +-SHUTOPTION(cvda)---+ +-SYSDUMPING(cvda)---+ '-TRANDUMPING(cvda)--'
Conditions: END, ILLOGIC, NOTAUTH, NOTFND
For more information about the use of CVDAs, see CICS-value data areas (CVDAs).
The INQUIRE TRANDUMPCODE command allows you to look at some of the information in the transaction dump table entry for a particular transaction dump code.
The table entry tells CICS what actions to take when a transaction dump request with this code is received. Possible actions are: taking a transaction dump, taking a system dump (an MVS SDUMP), forwarding an SDUMP request to related MVS images, and shutting down CICS. The table entry also indicates how many times this set of actions is to be taken (the MAXIMUM option), and the number of requests received after the maximum are counted (the CURRENT option), but otherwise ignored.
CICS provides a transaction dump table with default actions for CICS transaction abend codes (those beginning with the letter A). These can be changed and others can be added with the SET TRANSDUMPCODE command or the CEMT transaction; such changes are preserved over executions of CICS, until an initial or cold start occurs.
CICS builds table entries, using default values, when it receives a dump request with a code for which it does not have an entry. You can also add your own entries with the SET TRANDUMPCODE command or a CEMT transaction.
Entries you add remain over executions of CICS until an initial or cold start occurs, but the entries CICS builds are considered temporary and are discarded at shutdown.
Consequently, if you enquire about a code that is not explicitly defined before it appears in a dump request, you get a "not found" response.
You can also browse through all of the entries in the transaction dump table by using the browse options (START, NEXT, and END) on INQUIRE TRANDUMPCODE commands. See Browsing resource definitions for general information about browsing, including syntax, exception conditions, and examples.
A related image is one which contains a CICS region doing work on behalf of the task that caused the dump request-specifically, a region that has a task doing work under the same APPC token as the task causing the dump.
The sending of SDUMP requests occurs only when the table entry for this code specifies a system dump (that is, the SYSDUMPING value is SYSDUMP), and only in a sysplex environment executing under MVS/ESA 5.1 and the MVS workload manager.
CVDA values are: