Interpreting extended-format CICS system trace entries

CICS system trace entries made to the internal trace table, the auxiliary trace data sets, and the GTF trace data set can all be formatted to give the same type of information.

There are two slightly different extended trace entry formats. One ("old-style") resembles the format used in earlier releases of CICS, and gives FIELD A and FIELD B values. The other ("new-style") uses a completely new format, described below.

Both types of formatted trace entries always show:

Figure 24 shows a trace entry made from an old-style trace point. Its trace point ID is AP 00E1, corresponding to trace ID X'E1' of CICS/MVS Version 2. If you are migrating from CICS/MVS Version 2, you can probably see the resemblance between this type of format and the one it replaces.

Figure 24. Example of the extended format for an old-style trace entry
AP 00E1 EIP EXIT SYNCPOINT OK                         REQ(00F4) FIELD-A(00000000 ....) FIELD-B(00001602 ....)
              TASK-00163 KE_NUM-0007 TCB-QR   /009F3338 RET-8413F470 TIME-16:32:01.1291125625 INTERVAL-00.0000216875    =000725=
Note:
For some trace entries, an 8 character resource field appears to the right of FIELD B.

The following is an explanation of the old-style trace entry:

Look now at Figure 25, which shows a new-style trace entry.

Figure 25. Example of the extended format for a new-style trace entry
SM 0C01 SMMG  ENTRY - FUNCTION(GETMAIN) GET_LENGTH(1A4A) SUSPEND(YES) INITIAL_IMAGE(00) STORAGE_CLASS(TASK)
              TASK-00163 KE_NUM-0007 TCB-QR   /009F3338 RET-800411F2 TIME-16:31:52.5916976250 INTERVAL-00.0000666250    =000112=
                1-0000  00480000 00000011 00000000 00000000  B6700000 00000000 02000100 C4C6C8C3  *............................DFHC*
                  0020  C5E3D9C4 03BD5BB0 00001A4A 03BD5B01  00000001 01000698 04755D70 40400008  *ETRD..$.... ..$........Q..).  ..*
                  0040  00000FE8 C3C5E3D9                                                         *...YCETR                        *

The following is an explanation of the new-style trace entry:

Related Concepts
CICS tracing

Related Tasks
Interpreting short-format CICS system trace entries
Interpreting abbreviated-format CICS system trace entries
Interpreting user trace entries
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