The CICS dump exit parameters

The descriptions of the CICS® dump exit parameters are as follows.

JOB={jobname|CURRENT} (optional)
specifies which job in the dump is to be formatted (when there is more than one job in the dump). You should specify this parameter only if you know that the dump that you are processing contains more than one job. If the dump was taken by CICS using the SDUMP macro for a dump code which is defined as RELATED, the dump may contain more than one CICS job, so you should specify the JOB parameter. If the dump code is defined as LOCAL, the dump contains only one CICS job, so you can omit the JOB parameter and still process only that one dump.
jobname
Formats the job identified by jobname
CURRENT
Formats all the CICS jobs in the dump data set.
If you omit the JOB parameter, all the CICS jobs found in the dump data are formatted.
UPPERCASE (optional)
specifies that you want the dump data output in uppercase only. If you want output in mixed case (the default), do not code this parameter.
DEF={0|1|2|3}
specifies a default level for the formatting of data from the dump data set. The DEF parameter is effective only for those components that are not included in a list of dump component keywords.
The possible levels that you can specify are as follows:
Level
Meaning
0
Suppress

For those components not in a specified list of keywords, suppress all component formatting. If you specify DEF=0, but do not specify any component keywords, you still get the dump summary and, if appropriate, the error message index.

1
Summary

For those components not in a specified list of keywords, and where applicable, produce only a formatted summary from the control blocks. (A summary is not available for all components; see the level numbers available for the individual keywords for which a summary of dump information is available.)

2
Full

For those components not in a specified list of keywords, format all the control block information in full.

3
Summary and full

For those components not in a specified list of keywords, format all control blocks and (where applicable) the summary information.

The effects of omitting the DEF parameter are as follows:
  • If you omit the DEF parameter and do not specify any component keywords, the result is as if you specified DEF=3. For example:
    • VERBEXIT CICS720 ‘JOB=CURRENT’ formats all the available summary and control block information for the currently dispatched job(s). For the trace (TR) component, both the abbreviated and full trace are produced. The control block index is produced (see the IND component keyword) and, if appropriate, an error message index.
  • If you omit the DEF parameter and specify one or more component keywords, the result is as if you specified DEF=0. For example:
    • VERBEXIT CICS720 ‘KE=1’ produces a summary of the kernel dump data, plus the dump summary and, if appropriate, and error message index, but suppresses formatting of data for all other dump components.