Displaying the Working-Storage Section of a COBOL program in the Monitor window

You can add all of the variables in the Working-Storage Section of a COBOL program to the Monitor window by doing the following steps:
  1. Move the cursor to the command line.
  2. Type in the following command: MONITOR LIST TITLED WSS;
  3. Press Enter. z/OS® Debugger assigns the WSS entry a reference number between 1 and 99, adds the WSS entry to the Monitor window, and displays the current values of all of the variables in the Working-Storage Section.

Every time z/OS Debugger receives control or you enter a z/OS Debugger command that can effect the display, z/OS Debugger updates the value of each variable in the Monitor window so that z/OS Debugger always displays the current value.

Because the Working-Storage Section can contain many variables, monitoring the Working-Storage Section can add a substantial amount of overhead and use more storage.

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