DUMPCODE resources

A DUMPCODE resource defines the attributes of a transaction dump code or a system dump code that is added as an entry to the CICS® dump table.

The table entry tells CICS the actions to take when a dump request with this dump code is received. Possible actions include the following:

Producing a transaction dump
Producing a system dump (an MVS™ SDUMP)
Initiating requests for SDUMPs of related CICS regions
Shutting down CICS

The table entry also indicates how many times to take this set of actions (the MAXIMUM value). After the maximum is reached, requests are counted but otherwise ignored.

Table updates are recorded in the CICS global catalog and preserved over executions of CICS until an initial or cold start occurs, except for temporary table entries. CICS creates a temporary entry when it receives a dump request with a code for which there is no table entry; these entries, and any changes to them, last only for the current execution of CICS. If you want to preserve changes to a temporary entry over restarts, you must remove the dump code from the table, and then use resource definition online (RDO) to define and install an entry for it.