Format of the MAL display

When viewing or updating a MAL, either from a START, ATTACH, or EXEC command, or from LIST output the format of the display is as follows.

Figure 1. Sample formatted MAL display

 COD1 CICSPlex SM Debugger
 CMD=>                                                            Scroll=> PAGE
 Fields with "->" required.
 IN
    *ENM FUNCTION( TEST )
     CHR DEBUG(          )
 ->  FLG FLAG_VALUES(              )
 OUT
    *ENM RESPONSE(                 )
    *ENM REASON(                 )

As shown in Figure 1, IN and OUT eyecatchers separate the major sections of the MAL. Each field name in the IN and OUT sections can be preceded by three other indicators:

An arrow, indicating the field is mutually required or mutually exclusive and in error.
An asterisk, indicating the existence bit for the field is set on in the MAL (OUT fields always have the existence bit on).
A 3-character code indicating the field type.

Note: The FUNCTION field is completed by the COD0 debugging transaction and cannot be changed.