Trace Settings report

The Trace Settings report is produced using the EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACEDEST, EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACEFLAG, EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACETYPE, EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRANSACTION, and EXEC CICS EXTRACT STATISTICS TRANSACTION commands.

Table 1. Fields in the Trace Settings report
Field Heading Description
Trace Settings
Internal Trace Status The status of CICS® internal trace (started or stopped).

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACEDEST INTSTATUS

Internal Trace Table Size The size of the table that holds internal trace entries. The table wraps when it is full.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACEDEST TABLESIZE

Auxiliary Trace Status The status of CICS auxiliary trace (started or stopped).

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACEDEST AUXSTATUS

Auxiliary Trace Dataset The current auxiliary trace data set.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACEDEST CURAUXDS

Auxiliary Switch Status The status of the auxiliary switch, which determines what happens when the initial data set for auxiliary trace is full.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACEDEST SWITCHSTATUS

GTF Trace Status The status of CICS GTF trace (started or stopped), that is, whether CICS is directing trace entries to the MVS Generalized Trace Facility (GTF).

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACEDEST GTFSTATUS

Main System Trace Flag The status of the system main trace flag, which governs whether CICS makes or suppresses standard trace entries.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACEFLAG SYSTEMSTATUS

Main User Trace Flag The status of the user main trace flag, which governs whether non-exception user trace entries are recorded or suppressed.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACEFLAG SYSTEMSTATUS

VTAM® Exit override Indicates which invocations of the CICS z/OS® Communications Server exits are being traced.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACEFLAG TCEXITSTATUS

JVM Trace Options
Standard The setting for standard tracing for this trace flag.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACETYPE COMPID(SJ) STANDARD

Special The setting for special tracing for this trace flag.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACETYPE COMPID(SJ) SPECIAL

Component Trace Options
Component The name of the component for tracing.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACETYPE COMPID

Description The description of the component.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACETYPE COMPID

Standard The active level of tracing for standard tracing for this component.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACETYPE COMPID() STANDARD

Special The active level of tracing for special tracing for this component.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRACETYPE COMPID() SPECIAL

Transactions - Non-Standard Tracing
Tran id The name of the transaction.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRANSACTION

Tran Class The transaction class in which the transaction is defined.

Source field: XMRTCL

Program Name The name of the program when the transaction was defined, or spaces if a program name was not supplied.

Source field: XMMRPN

Tracing The type of tracing to be done for tasks executing this transaction.

Source field: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRANSACTION() TRACING

Attach Count The number of times that this transaction has been attached. If a transaction definition is used to start a transaction remotely, the transaction is included in the Attach Count for the region where the transaction runs.

Source field: XMRAC

Restart Count The number of times this transaction was restarted after an abend. This field is zero if the transaction was not defined as RESTART=YES.

Source field: XMRRC

Dynamic Counts - Local The total number of times the dynamic transaction routing exit has chosen to run this transaction on the local system. This field is zero if the transaction was not defined as DYNAMIC=YES.

Source field: XMRDLC

Dynamic Counts - Remote The total number of times the dynamic transaction routing exit has chosen to run this transaction on a remote system. This field is zero if the transaction was not defined as DYNAMIC=YES.

Source field: XMRDRC

Remote Starts The number of times that this transaction definition has been used to attempt to start the transaction on a remote system. See additional information in Transactions report.

Source field: XMRRSC