Limitations of Early Development Testing for z/OS

Check out the limitations of the Early Development Testing for z/OS component of IBM Test Accelerator for Z.

Language and subsystem support limitations

  • PL/I programs are not supported
  • HLASM programs are not supported.
  • IBM MQ is not supported.
  • EXEC DLI is not supported for Unit and Component Test.
  • Recording and replaying CICS PLT programs is not supported.

General limitations

  • Delay Debug specified in EQAOPTS within the load library search path is not supported when recording batch test cases.
  • The Save all result data option has been removed from the Unit Test preferences.
  • Debug and Code Coverage are unavailable during recording.
  • Replay of an Component Test with Debug or Code Coverage is not supported.
  • If the recording file is held or otherwise unavailable, the Dynamic Test Engine will switch to debugging mode, and no data will be recorded.
  • Delay Debug during test case replay is not supported.
  • All EBCDIC data is interpreted using IBM-1047 when being converted to UTF-8 for transfer to the client UI. This is not always accurate.
  • Support for COBOL file I/O requires recorded data. Supplying user data or a user file for file I/O is not supported.
  • COBOL files defined with the EXTERNAL attribute are not supported.
  • Program IDs that contain lowercase characters are not supported.
  • If you're experiencing test failures due to uninitialized memory segments, add STO(00,00,00) to your CEEOPTS.
  • Programs called by ALIAS name are not supported.
  • The following list of programs are considered system utilities and are excluded from being selected for recording in batch steps:
    • ACFTAP IBM UTILITY
    • ADMOPUT IBM UTILITY
    • AHLBTF IBM UTILITY
    • AHLGTF IBM UTILITY
    • AIBTDLI IBM IMS CALL
    • APSPPIEP IBM UTILITY
    • AP2TCSVS IBM UTILITY
    • ARCCTL IBM UTILITY
    • ARCWCTL IBM UTILIT
    • ASBSCHIN IBM UTILITY
    • ASMA90 IBM UTILITY
    • ASMTDLI IBM IMS ASSEMBLER CALL
    • ASNAP IBM UTILITY
    • ASNLRP31 IBM UTILITY
    • ATBINITM IBM UTILITY
    • AVFMNBLD IBM UTILITY
    • BFLSERVR IBM UTILITY
    • BFSMSRV IBM UTILITY
    • BLGBSPC IBM UTILITY
    • BLSQPRMI IBM UTILITY
    • BLXSSP00 IBM UTILITY
    • BMCXMRC0 BMC IMS utility
    • BMCXRRA0 BMC IMS utility
    • BPXINIT IBM UTILITY
    • BZUPLAY IBM VTP UTILITY
    • CBC3DSCT IBM UTILITY
    • CBC3LDEF IBM UTILITY
    • CBC320PP IBM UTILITY
    • CBDMGHCP IBM UTILITY
    • CBFDISP IBM UTILITY
    • CBLTDLI IBM UTILITY
    • CBRIIAS IBM UTILITY
    • CBROAM IBM UTILITY
    • CEE* IBM LE Services
    • CFMISD0 IBM UTILITY
    • CHFONPIE IBM UTILITY
    • CMEGBASE IBM UTILITY
    • CNMAPROC IBM UTILITY
    • CNMNDEF IBM UTILITY
    • CNMPP IBM UTILITY
    • CNMPSII IBM UTILITY
    • COFMINIT IBM UTILITY
    • COMPAREX
    • CSLUSPOC IMS utility:Batch SPOC (Single Point of Control)
    • CSNBDEC IBM CCA callable service
    • CSNBENC IBM CCA callable service
    • CSNBKRR IBM CCA callable service
    • CSQBBACK MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQBCLOS MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQBCOMM MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQBCONN MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQBCONX MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQBDISC MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQBGET MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQBINQ MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQBOPEN MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQBPUT MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQBPUT1 MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQBSET MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQCCLOS MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQCCONN MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQCCONX MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQCDISC MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQCGET MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQCINQ MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQCOPEN MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQCPUT MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQCPUT1 MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQCSET MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • CSQYASCP IBM UTILITY
    • CSVLLCRE IBM UTILITY
    • CVAFGTF IBM UTILITY
    • CXXFILT IBM UTILITY
    • DASCCT IBM UTILITY
    • DASFS IBM UTILITY
    • DBDHRCCI IBM UTILITY
    • DBFDBDR0 IBM IMS MSDB Dump Recovery utility
    • DBFDBMA0 IBM IMS MSDB Maintenance utility
    • DBFUCDB0 IBM IMS MSDB-to-DEDB Conversion utility
    • DBFUHDR0 IBM IMS High-Speed DEDB Direct Reorganization utility
    • DBFUMDL0 IBM IMS DEDB Sequential Dependent Delete utility
    • DBFUMIN0 IBM IMS DEDB Initialization utility
    • DBFUMMH0 IBM IMS DEDB Area Data Set Compare utility
    • DBFUMRI0 IBM IMS DEDB Area Data Set Create utility
    • DBFUMSC0 IBM IMS DEDB Sequential Dependent Scan utility
    • DBNBPRNT IBM UTILITY
    • DBNMAINT IBM UTILITY
    • DBNMAUPD IBM UTILITY
    • DBNVTAM IBM UTILITY
    • DDDMEDIT IBM UTILITY
    • DDMAUI IBM UTILITY
    • DFH* IBM CICS Services
    • DFSBBO00 IBM IMS Batch Backout utility
    • DFSDDLT0 IBM IMS DL/I Test Program
    • DFSLI00 IBM DB2 Language Interface for
    • DFSLI000 IBM IMS Language Interface module
    • DFSMAID0 IBM IMS HALDB Migration Aid utility
    • DFSPIRP0 IBM IMS Program-Isolation-Trace Report utility
    • DFSPRCT1 IBM IMS Partial Database Reorganization utility
    • DFSPRCT2 IBM IMS Partial Database Reorganization utility
    • DFSPREC0 IBM IMS HALDB Index/ILDS Rebuild utility
    • DFSPRSUR IBM IMS Database Surveyor utility
    • DFSSBHD0 IBM IMS SB Test utility
    • DFSUCF00 IBM IMS Utility Control Facility
    • DFSUCUM0 IBM IMS Database Change Accumulation utility
    • DFSUDMP0 IBM IMS Database Image Copy utility
    • DFSUDMT0 IBM IMS Database Image Copy 2 utility
    • DFSUICP0 IBM IMS Online Database Image Copy utility
    • DFSUPNT0 IBM IMS HALDB Partition Data Set Initialization utility
    • DFSURDB0 IBM IMS Database Recovery utility
    • DFSURG10 IBM IMS Database Prefix Resolution utility
    • DFSURGL0 IBM IMS HD Reorganization Reload utility
    • DFSURGP0 IBM IMS Database Prefix Update utility
    • DFSURGS0 IBM IMS Database Scan utility
    • DFSURGU0 IBM IMS HD Reorganization Unload utility
    • DFSURPR0 IBM IMS Database Prereorganization utility
    • DFSURRL0 IBM IMS HISAM Reorganization Reload utility
    • DFSURUL0 IBM IMS HISAM Reorganization Unload utility
    • DFSUTR30 IBM IMS Database-Monitor Report Print utility
    • DGOVM000 IBM UTILITY
    • DIMSMP IBM UTILITY
    • DITTO IBM UTILITY
    • DLITCBL IBM UTILITY
    • DMN1IMSB IBM File Manager
    • DOBCIRT0 IBM UTILITY
    • DSIPRT IBM UTILITY
    • DSMSERV IBM UTILITY
    • DSNALI IBM DB2 Language Interface for CAF
    • DSNCLI IBM DB2 Language Interface for CICS
    • DSNELI IBM DB2 Language Interface for TSO
    • DSNHADDR IBM DB2 Utility
    • DSNHADD2 IBM DB2 Utility
    • DSNHLI IBM DB2 Language Interface for IMS
    • DSNHPC IBM DB2 External SQL Procedure
    • DSNJU003 IBM DB2 Utility
    • DSNMTV01 IBM DB2 Utility
    • DSNRLI IBM DB2 Language Interface for RRSAF and Stored Procedures
    • DSNTIA1 IBM DB2 Utility
    • DSNTIAC IBM DB2 Utility
    • DSNTIAR IBM DB2 Utility
    • DSNTIAUL IBM DB2 Utility
    • DSNULI IBM DB2 V10 Universal Language Interface
    • DSNUTILB IBM DB2 Utility
    • DSNX9STP IBM DB2
    • DSNYASCP IBM DB2 Utility
    • DSN1COPY IBM DB2 Utility
    • DSVDH000 IBM UTILITY
    • DSVDH900 IBM UTILITY
    • DSXTMM00 IBM UTILITY
    • DVGQHFTP IBM UTILITY
    • DVGSVFTP IBM UTILITY
    • DVRU0000 IBM UTILITY
    • DVRX0000 IBM UTILITY
    • DXRRLM00 IBM UTILITY
    • DXRRLM00 IBM UTILITY
    • DZGMRKB IBM UTILITY
    • EDCC IBM UTILITY
    • EDCCL IBM
    • EDCCOMP IBM UTILITY
    • EDCPRLK IBM UTILITY
    • EDGHSKP IBM
    • EDGINERS IBM
    • EDGSOPT IBM UTILITY
    • EKGLOTLM IBM UTILITY
    • EKGTC000 IBM UTILITY
    • EKYSCU00 IBM UTILITY
    • EKZAPCOB IBM UTILITY
    • EK2CVUOB IBM UTILITY
    • EMQMCA02 IBM UTILITY
    • EMSMAIN IBM UTILITY
    • EPWINIT IBM UTILITY
    • EQAPLAY IBM Debugger
    • EQQMAJOR IBM UTILITY
    • ERBMFMFC IBM UTILITY
    • ERB3GMFC IBM UTILITY
    • ESXINIT0 IBM UTILITY
    • EVGBIND IBM UTILITY
    • EVGBMSLF IBM UTILITY
    • EVGCMAIN IBM UTILITY
    • EVGCOMP IBM UTILITY
    • EVGHBPMX IBM UTILITY
    • EVGINM IBM UTILITY
    • EVGINMB IBM UTILITY
    • EWQINIT0 IBM UTILITY
    • EZAINMAN IBM UTILITY
    • EZAZSSI IBM UTILITY
    • EZTRIEVE EASYTRIEVE CALL
    • FILEAID FILEAID FILE UTILITY
    • FILEMGR IBM File Manager
    • FMNMAIN IBM File Manager
    • FMNDB2 IBM File Manager
    • FNMASMAN IBM Tivoli utility
    • FNMMAIN IBM Tivoli utility
    • FORTVS2 IBM UTILITY
    • FTP
    • FZDES000 IBM UTILITY
    • FZEBINIT IBM UTILITY
    • GDEISB9O IBM UTILITY
    • GIMSMP IBM UTILITY
    • HALKEY IBM UTILITY
    • HASJES20 IBM UTILITY
    • HBRCONN IBM Decision Manager
    • HBRDISC IBM Decision Manager
    • HBRRULE IBM Decision Manager
    • HEWL IBM UTILITY
    • HEWLH096 IBM UTILITY
    • HMASMP IBM UTILITY
    • IASXWR00 IBM UTILITY
    • ICEMAN IBM UTILITY
    • ICEREP1 IBM UTILIT
    • IDCAMS IBM VSAM
    • IEANTCR IBM ASM Service (Create name/token pair)
    • IEANTDL IBM ASM Service (Delete name/token pair)
    • IEANTRT IBM ASM Service (Retrieve token from name/token pair)
    • IEAVTSDV IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVTSEL IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVTSEP IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVTSXT IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVTT43 IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVVINT IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVVMSR IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVXAEX IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVXAFR IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVXARE IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVXATS IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVXAXS IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVXECO IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVXECR IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVXEDE IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVXEDI IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVXLFR IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVXLRE IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVXMAS IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVXPAM IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVXPCA IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVX701 IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVX702 IBM UTILITY
    • IEAVX703 IBM UTILITY
    • IEAV1443 IBM UTILITY
    • IEAV2540 IBM UTILITY
    • IEAXPALL IBM UTILITY
    • IEAXPDXR IBM UTILITY
    • IEAXPSIM IBM UTILITY
    • IEBBDG IBM TEST DATA
    • IEBCOMPR IBM COMPARE UTILITY
    • IEBCOPY IBM COPY UTILITY
    • IEBCRANL IBM UTILITY
    • IEBCREAT IBM UTILITY
    • IEBDGCUP IBM UTILITY
    • IEBDGMSG IBM UTILITY
    • IEBEDIT IBM UTILITY
    • IEBFDANL IBM UTILITY
    • IEBFDTBL IBM UTILITY
    • IEBGENER IBM UTILITY
    • IEBIMAGE IBM UTILITY
    • IEBISAM IBM UTILITY
    • IEBPTPCH IBM UTILITY
    • IEBUPDTE IBM UTILITY
    • IECGENER IBM UTILITY
    • IEEVMNT2 IBM UTILITY
    • IEFBR14 IBM UTILITY
    • IEFDOTUM IBM UTILITY
    • IEFENFCT IBM UTILITY
    • IEFENFPM IBM UTILITY
    • IEFENF40 IBM UTILITY
    • IEFEVARY IBM UTILITY
    • IEFHUPD IBM UTILITY
    • IEFIIC IBM UTILITY
    • IEFINFPT IBM UTILITY
    • IEFITSPP IBM UTILITY
    • IEFJESCT IBM UTILITY
    • IEFJFCBN IBM UTILITY
    • IEFJFCBX IBM UTILITY
    • IEFJSBVT IBM UTILITY
    • IEFJSCVT IBM UTILITY
    • IEFJSIPL IBM UTILITY
    • IEFJSSIB IBM UTILITY
    • IEFJSSOB IBM UTILITY
    • IEFPPSCN IBM UTILITY
    • IEFQMIDS IBM UTILITY
    • IEFQMNGR IBM UTILITY
    • IEFQMREQ IBM UTILITY
    • IEFSJACP IBM UTILITY
    • IEFSJCLS IBM UTILITY
    • IEFSJDKY IBM UTILITY
    • IEFSJERP IBM UTILITY
    • IEFSJFNP IBM UTILITY
    • IEFSJGEP IBM UTILITY
    • IEFSJKEY IBM UTILITY
    • IEFSJKLP IBM UTILITY
    • IEFSJMRP IBM UTILITY
    • IEFSJPFX IBM UTILITY
    • IEFSJPUP IBM UTILITY
    • IEFSJRC IBM UTILITY
    • IEFSJREP IBM UTILITY
    • IEFSJRSP IBM UTILITY
    • IEFSJRUP IBM UTILITY
    • IEFSJSCP IBM UTILITY
    • IEFSJSMP IBM UTILITY
    • IEFSJTRC IBM UTILITY
    • IEHATLAS IBM UTILITY
    • IEHINITT IBM UTILITY
    • IEHLIST IBM UTILITY
    • IEHMOVE IBM UTILITY
    • IEHPROGM IBM UTILITY
    • IEL0AA IBM UTILITY
    • IEL1AA IBM UTILITY
    • IEUASM IBM UTILITY
    • IEV90 IBM UTILITY
    • IEWL IBM UTILITY
    • IFASMFDP IBM UTILITY
    • IFCDIP00 IBM UTILITY
    • IFHSTATR IBM UTILITY
    • IFLOADRN IBM UTILITY
    • IFOX00 IBM UTILITY
    • IGGSMF63 IBM UTILITY
    • IGGSMF67 IBM UTILITY
    • IGGSMF68 IBM UTILITY
    • IGGSMF69 IBM UTILITY
    • IGVCAUB IBM UTILITY
    • IGVGQAT IBM UTILITY
    • IGVGQE IBM UTILITY
    • IGVVAB IBM UTILITY
    • IGVVSMD IBM UTILITY
    • IGWCISM IBM UTILITY
    • IGWDES IBM UTILITY
    • IGWDSSBC IBM UTILITY
    • IGWSMDE IBM UTILITY
    • IGWSMF IBM UTILITY
    • IGYCRCTL IBM UTILITY
    • IGZEDT4 IBM VS COBOL II callable service
    • IHAABDPL IBM UTILITY
    • IHAACEE IBM UTILITY
    • IHAARL IBM UTILITY
    • IHAASCB IBM UTILITY
    • IHAASEO IBM UTILITY
    • IHAASSB IBM UTILITY
    • IHABLDP IBM UTILITY
    • IHACDR IBM UTILITY
    • IHADCBE IBM UTILITY
    • IHADFA IBM UTILITY
    • IHADSAB IBM UTILITY
    • IHADVA IBM UTILITY
    • IHADWHDR IBM UTILITY
    • IHADWOBH IBM UTILITY
    • IHAECB IBM UTILITY
    • IHAEPIE IBM UTILITY
    • IHAETD IBM UTILITY
    • IHAFRRS IBM UTILITY
    • IHAGWT IBM UTILITY
    • IHAIQE IBM UTILITY
    • IHAPCCAT IBM UTILITY
    • IHAPICA IBM UTILITY
    • IHAPIE IBM UTILITY
    • IHAPSA IBM UTILITY
    • IKFCBL00 IBM UTILITY
    • IKTCAS00 IBM UTILITY
    • ILBOABN0 IBM ABEND UTILITY (For non-LE)
    • IRRSSM00 IBM UTILITY
    • IRXJCL IBM UTILITY
    • ISPLINK IBM ISPF FUNCTION CALL INTERFACE
    • ISTINM01 IBM UTILITY
    • ITPENTER IBM UTILITY
    • ITTTRCWR IBM UTILITY
    • JCLTEST IBM UTILITY
    • JSXMAIN IBM UTILITY
    • KCNDLMN IBM UTILITY
    • KCSMGR IBM UTILITY
    • KEBINIT IBM UTILITY
    • KEBREPT IBM UTILITY
    • KEPCOLL IBM UTILITY
    • KEPSTCTO IBM UTILITY
    • KETESTRN IBM UTILITY
    • KI1CUAM IBM UTILITY
    • KI2CUAM IBM UTILITY
    • KLV IBM UTILITY
    • KM2SS2C IBM UTILITY
    • KOBVTAM IBM UTILITY
    • KOIIAAM IBM UTILITY
    • LOADER IBM UTILITY
    • MQBACK MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • MQBEGIN MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • MQCLOSE MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • MQCMIT MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • MQCONN MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • MQCONNX MQSeries INTERFACE
    • MQDISC MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • MQGET MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • MQINQ MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • MQOPEN MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • MQPUT MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • MQPUT1 MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • MQSET MQSeries INTERFACE CALL
    • MQSYNC MQSeries INTERFACE CALL (Tandem NSK only)
    • MVPMAIN IBM UTILITY
    • NDBPS IBM UTILITY
    • PAN#1 CA-Panvalet Programmers and Managers
    • PAN#2 CA-Panvalet Managers
    • PAN#3 CA-Panvalet Footprinting Uitlity
    • PAN#4 CA-Panvalet Library Initialization
    • PAN#6 CA-Panvalet Analysis
    • PAN#7 CA-Panvalet Cross-reference Report
    • PAN#8 CA-Panvalet Scan Program
    • PASCALI IBM UTILITY
    • PLICANC PLI BUILTIN SUBROUTINE
    • PLICKPT PLI BUILTIN SUBROUTINE
    • PLIDELETE PLI BUILTIN SUBROUTINE
    • PLIDUMP PLI BUILTIN SUBROUTINE
    • PLIFILL PLI BUILTIN SUBROUTINE
    • PLIFREE PLI BUILTIN SUBROUTINE
    • PLIMOVE PLI BUILTIN SUBROUTINE
    • PLIOVER PLI BUILTIN SUBROUTINE
    • PLIREST PLI BUILTIN SUBROUTINE
    • PLIRETC PLI BUILTIN SUBROUTINE
    • PLISRTA PLI BUILTIN SUBROUTINE
    • PLISRTB PLI BUILTIN SUBROUTINE
    • PLISRTC PLI BUILTIN SUBROUTINE
    • PLISRTD PLI BUILTIN SUBROUTINE
    • PLITDLI IBM IMS PLI CALL
    • PLITEST PLI BUILTIN SUBROUTINE
    • PNV1000 IBM UTILITY
    • PORTCLNT IBM UTILITY
    • PXM$INI IBM UTILITY
    • REMOTGEN IBM UTILITY
    • REXXCI IBM UTILITY
    • REXXCOMP IBM UTILITY
    • RMS RESTART UTILITY
    • SASHOST SAS
    • SETSMSG IBM UTILITY
    • SMFDUMP IBM UTILITY
    • SORT SORT
    • SYNCSORT SYNC SORT
    • VTAMAPPL IBM UTILITY

Unit Test editor limitations

  • SOM-based object-oriented (OO) COBOL programs are not supported.
  • USAGE INDEX is not supported.
  • Unit Test does not support the use of COBOL source that contains compiler directives for conditional compilation.
  • Unit Test does not support the case when the source has a nested program that has the same data definition of as the source.
  • Level 66 items are not supported.
  • Pointer items and pointer areas that are parameters of a sub program call are not supported. A pointer item that is set in the program under testing is not supported even if the test data is entered in Test Case Editor after recording.
  • The PICTURE phrase of data items is normalized in the Test Case Editor. The data item PIC X(3)9(4)X(2), for example, appears as X(9) in the Test Case Editor. This normalization is based on the COBOL language specification.
  • Arrays defined with OCCURS UNBOUNDED are not shown in the Test Case Editor.
  • The literal value in the VALUE clause of a level 88 item might not display as defined in the program.
  • Data containing DBCS might not display correctly in the result view.
  • For the main program, the output value of PROCEDURE DIVISION is not compared by the hex compare.
  • For programs that contain uninitialized data items in a parameter, it is possible to get a test failure.
  • Partitioned data set members are not supported for input file or expected output file during testing.
  • A program that contains multiple file definitions assigned to the same DDNAME is not supported.
  • SORT and MERGE are not supported.
  • The variable referenced by LENGTH OF cannot be handled as an I/O parameter.
  • ENTRY statements in CICS program are not supported.

CICS support limitations

  • COMMAREA is not imported into the Test Case Editor for the CICS program using GOBACK.
  • CICS programs must have recorded data for Unit Test. Dynamic Test Engine cannot replay a test case for a CICS program with no recorded data.
  • A CICS test case must start with a program that has been built with the CICS translator (we need DFHEIBLK and DFHCOMMAREA as parms 1 and 2).
  • The following CICS commands are supported as I/O statements:
    • ABEND
    • ASKTIME
    • ASSIGN APPLID
    • ASSIGN CHANNEL
    • DELETE
    • DELETEQ TD
    • DELETEQ TS
    • ENDBR
    • ENDBROWSE CONTAINER(CHANNEL)
    • FORMATTIME
    • GET CONTAINER(CHANNEL)
    • GETNEXT CONTAINER(CHANNEL)
    • INQUIRE (TDQUEUE)
    • INVOKE WEBSERVICE
    • LINK
    • PUT CONTAINER(CHANNEL)
    • RETURN
    • REWRITE
    • SEND
    • START
    • START (TRANSID)
    • SYNCPOINT ROLLBACK
    • STARTBR
    • STARTBROWSE CONTAINER(CHANNEL)
    • UNLOCK
    • WRITE
    • WRITEQ TD
    • WRITEQ TS
    • XCTL
  • The following CICS commands are supported as I/O statements with the limitation that the SET option is not supported:
    • READ
    • READNEXT
    • READPREV
    • READQ TD
    • READQ TS
    • RECEIVE
    • RECEIVE MAP
    • SEND MAP
    • SEND TEXT
  • EXEC CICS PUSH/POP HANDLE are not supported.
  • If the test target source contains unsupported CICS commands, they are ignored when running a Unit Test case. This might lead to a different result than when running it under CICS.

IMS support limitations

  • IMS programs with the following interface types are supported:
    • Db2® via EXEC SQL calls
    • IMS/DB via CALL CBLTDLI/AIBTDLI
    • IMS/GSAM via CALL CBLTDLI/AIBTDLI
  • For IMS programs, only input data is imported for AIB. However, these fields are treated as input and output for IMS calls.
  • For IMS programs with AIBTDLI calls, the AIB-returned token in the bottom of the AIB mask is not imported. The AIB-returned token is a token returned by the DL/I call.
  • Data is not recorded for the CEETDLI interface.
  • For IMS programs with AIBTDLI calls that use the PCB as the resource name, the PCB is not rendered in the test case editor.
  • PCB is not a user-owned argument. Changing data in PCB might cause an abend or failure in running test case.

Db2 support limitations

  • If a recorded SQL statement returned an error, data is not recorded, the program under test might have unexpected errors during replay. During recording, the data does get updated, so if it is subsequently used by the program for other interfaces, we will not have the updated values on replay and the subsequent interface calls will report test failures.
  • SQL Indicator variable arrays are not recorded properly.
  • The following commands are supported:
    • SELECT
    • OPEN
    • CLOSE
    • FETCH
    • INSERT
    • UPDATE
    • DECLARE CURSOR
    • SET hostVar
    • DELETE
  • TYPE BINARY and TYPE VARBINARY(COBOL Importer not supported) are not supported.
  • TYPES LOB (BLOB, CLOB...) are not supported.
  • TYPE DECFLOAT is not supported (no DECFLOAT data type in COBOL).
  • "Usage SQL TYPE" is not supported.

Test data generation limitations

  • Test Data Generation supports COBOL, not PL/I.
  • Test Data Generation cannot generate correct test data when the program contains the followings:
    • PERFORM external UNTIL
    • INSPECT
    • UNSTRING
    • STRING expect DELIMITED BY SIZE
    • SET for USAGE POINTER data items
    • Level 88 items with multiple value definitions
    • Random access mode of File I/O
    • non 01 data items REDEFINES the base item with larger size
    • Data items with SIGN LEADING SEPARATE
    • IMS AIBTDLI calls
    • IMS CBLTDLI
    • EXEC DLI
    • CICS HANDLE ABEND
    • CICS HANDLE AID
    • CICS HANDLE CONDITION
    • CICS STARTBR
    • CICS READNEXT
    • Partially reference of a data item
    • USAGE NATIONAL items except PIC N
    • ACCEPT with specifying the input device
    • CANCEL
    • STOP literal
    • EXIT PERFORM
    • SORT
    • MERGE
    • FREE
    • ALLOCATE
    • RELEASE
    • RETURN
    • ALTER
    • ENTRY
    • JSON GENERATE
    • JSON PARSE
    • XML GENERATE
    • XML PARSE
    • Special register (except RETURN-CODE)
    • Operator (except NUMERIC)
    • Intrinsic Functions (except UPPER-CASE, LOWER-CASE, DISPLAY-OF, NATIONAL-OF, NUMVAL, INTEGER, MOD, RANDOM, INTEGER-OF-DATE, DATE-OF-INTEGER)

Recording test case data for Unit Tests for batch programs

  • The following types of JCLs to run applications are not supported. You must manually update the JCL file by selecting Open JCL and update the content appropriately based on the added comments.
  • Nested procedures are not supported.
  • Include files defining an EXEC statement are not supported.
  • An INCLUDE file statement with the dynamic symbol references as "// INCLUDE MEMBER=&SYSUID." is not interpreted. It stays unchanged on generating a recording JCL.
  • Single quotes ' or parentheses () in JCL statements are not correctly interpreted.
  • The DLM parameter for in-stream DD is not interpreted. DLM is always assumed to be /*.
  • For some Db2 batch applications, Unit Test and Component Test need to interpret the content of the SYSTSIN DD in an application JCL. SYSTSIN DD from a temporary data set is not supported, and the SYMBOLS parameter for the in-stream data is ignored.