Description of fields on the DTCN Advanced Options screen

The following list describes the fields that you can use to specify the data passed through COMMAREA or containers that can help identify transactions and programs that you want to debug:

Commarea offset

Specifies the offset of data within a commarea passed to a program on invocation. You can specify the offset in decimal format (for example, 13) or in hexadecimal format (for example, X'D'). If you specify data in hexadecimal format, you must specify an even number of hexadecimal digits.

Commarea data

Specifies the data within a commarea that is passed to a program on invocation. You can specify the data in character format (for example, "ABC") or in hexadecimal format (for example, X'C1C2C3').

Container name

Specifies the name of a container within the current channel passed to a program on invocation. Container names are case sensitive.

Container offset

Specifies the offset of data in the named container passed to a program in the current channel on invocation. You can specify the offset in decimal format (for example, 13) or in hexadecimal format (for example, X'D').

Container data

Specified the data in the named container passed to a program in the current channel on invocation. You can specify the data in character format (for example, "ABC") or in hexadecimal format (for example, X'C1C2C3'). If you specify data in hexadecimal format, you must specify an even number of hexadecimal digits.

URM debugging

Specifies whether you want z/OS® Debugger to include the debugging of URMs as part of the debug session. Choose from the following options:

YES

z/OS Debugger debugs URMs which match normal z/OS Debugger debugging criteria.

NO

z/OS Debugger excludes URMs form debugging sessions.