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Starting a trace

This section describes how to start a trace online from the CT view.

  1. Type CT on the COMMAND line and press Enter to display the CT view.
  2. Set the context to the CICS target that you want to trace.

  3. On the CT view, type ST and press Enter.

    ddmmmyyyy hh:mm:ss ------ MAINVIEW WINDOW INTERFACE (Vv.r.mm) ----------------
    COMMAND  ===> ST                                              SCROLL ===> CSR  
    CURR WIN ===> 1        ALT WIN ===>                                            
    >W1 =CT================BCVCW653=*========ddmmmyyyy==hh:mm:ss====MVCICS===D====1
    -                             Current Traces                                   
       Commands:   ST  (Start Application Trace)    HT  (History Traces)  JOURNAL  
       Line CMDs:  S (Select), W (Show),  M (Modify),    I (Switch)                
                   Z (Stop),   P (Purge), R (Replicate), Q (Quiesce Logging)       
                                                                                  
    CM Trace ID Typ User ID Trace Title              Start Date Start Status   Log
    -- -------- --- ------- ------------------------ ---------- Time  -------- Stat
       SUM      Sum BCVPSW3 CICS APPLICATION TRACE   14JUL2010  10:00 Active

    A series of dialogs is displayed for you to specify trace options. Specify the options you want and press Enter. The activation of any trace request initiates data collection from the specified target. Multiple trace requests (up to 20 per CICS region) with different selection criteria can run concurrently.

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