Can we start CEDF in the middle of transaction ?

leo_sangha · New User Joined: 11 Aug 2005 Posts: 85 Location: England

Hello,

Can we turn ON the CEDF in the middle of the transaction.

When we test Multiscreen transactions. I want to turn the CEDF ON at let's say 6th screen. Is it possible ?

Earl Haigh · Active User Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 475

Requires special vendor software. Is you company willing to
purchase?

CICS Guy · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:00 pm

leo_sangha · New User Joined: 11 Aug 2005 Posts: 85 Location: England

Thanks you Earl and CICS guy,

I dont think my shop would invest in special vendor software.
I'm not sure what is meant by just CEDF terminal.

I'm new to CICS and i thought it was cumbersome to debug with CEDF right from the start of the transaction. So i was looking for a convenient/faster way to debug transactions.

I know we can put STOP conditions in CEDF, just wanted to skip to a breakpoint and then continue in CEDF ON mode.

CICS Guy · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:56 pm

You can also use EDF in what is known as dual-screen mode; that is, using one terminal to monitor a transaction running at a second terminal.
This mode is started by adding the terminal identifier (termid) of the second terminal to the CEDF command at the first terminal:
CEDF tttt

leo_sangha · New User Joined: 11 Aug 2005 Posts: 85 Location: England

Thank you CICS guy,

For using EDF, i think i would need access to 2 terminals which i dont have.

Even if i was able to use EDF, how would monitoring from second terminal help me achieve what i wanted to. Any specific commands ?

I wanted to process the multiscreen transaction upto a breakpoint and then debug the rest of the transaction in the CEDF ON mode.

Robert Sample · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:47 pm

CEDF doesn't work with breakpoints -- it stops on CICS commands. If the terminal (call it V000) you need to debug is sitting on a screen and from terminal V111 you enter CEDF V000, when the enter (or other attention key) is hit on V000, terminal V111 will display the program running on terminal V000 and let you step through it CICS command by CICS command. If you have a coworker with access to the same CICS region, you could coordinate a session and debug the program using two terminals.

Garry Carroll · Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:10 am

Can't you specify which types of Command you want to break on in EDF? Then, when you hit enter, execution proceeeds until that command and you can then proceed step-wise.

Garry.

CICS Guy · Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:18 am

I had to CEDF a portion of code that was 4 to 5 pseudo-conversational transactions into a task. Each transaction included the reading of 6 to 8 TSQ reads of which most came up as empty.
Without a second terminal and signon, that was a LOT of PF4ing.......

Robert Sample · Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:04 am

IIRC without looking at the manual, PF9 allows you to set the stop condition, after which PF4 will let the program go until it hits the CICS command that is set to stop the action.

Robert Sample · Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:24 am

CICS Guy I know the feeling -- I've had to hit PF4 about 10 minutes just to get to the testing point because of all the transactions being invoked. My finger was sore for days after testing was complete.