Diagnostic tools and information for BTS

BTS messages help you understand and respond to BTS activities and issues. CICS® system trace helps you track BTS processes. CICS system dumps contain BTS information that helps with problem determination.

BTS messages

You can use BTS messages to help you understand and respond to BTS activities and issues. BTS messages are identified by the following prefixes:
  • DFHBA - Business application manager messages.
  • DFHEM - Event manager messages.
  • DFHSH - Scheduler services messages.

All CICS messages, including BTS messages, are listed in CICS messages.

Trace for BTS

BTS consists of three CICS domains: business application manager (BA), event manager (EM), and scheduler services (SH). You can use component trace for these components to trace BTS processes. For details, see Tracing BTS processes.

CICS system dumps

You can use dump formatting keywords to extract BTS information from a CICS system dump. For information about the dump formatting keywords used to extract BTS information from a CICS system dump, see Using dumps in problem determination.