Getting details of activity ABENDs

If a CHECK ACTIVITY command returns a completion status (COMPSTATUS) of ABEND, you can use the INQUIRE ACTIVITYID command to obtain further information about how the activity abended.

Example

This example returns the name of the program in which the abend occurred, together with the corresponding CICS® abend code.

 If status = DFHVALUE(ABEND).
To get the activity-identifier of the failed child,
start a browse of child activities
EXEC CICS STARTBROWSE ACTIVITY
BROWSETOKEN(root-token)
RESP(data-area) RESP2(data-area) END-EXEC.
EXEC CICS GETNEXT ACTIVITY(child-name)
BROWSETOKEN(root-token)
ACTIVITYID(child-id)
RESP(data-area) RESP2(data-area) END-EXEC.
loop until the failed child is found by name
EXEC CICS GETNEXT ACTIVITY(child-name)
BROWSETOKEN(root-token)
ACTIVITYID(child-id)
RESP(data-area) RESP2(data-area) END-EXEC.
end child activity browse loop
Inquire on the failed child, using its activity-identifier
EXEC CICS INQUIRE ACTIVITYID(child-id)
ABCODE(data-area)
ABPROGRAM(data-area)
RESP(data-area) RESP2(data-area) END-EXEC

Tip: A simpler way of obtaining the activity-identifier of the failed child activity (used on the EXEC CICS INQUIRE ACTIVITYID command) would be to code the ACTIVITYID option of the DEFINE ACTIVITY command used to define the child, and to store the returned value.