PRODUCT SHEET: CA INTERTEST FOR CICS CA IterTest for CICS r8.5 CA IterTest for CICS provides testig ad debuggig of IBM CICS Trasactio Server for z/os applicatios writte i COBOL, PL/I, Assembler ad Laguage Eviromet. This automated testig solutio helps you detect ad resolve errors iteractively as they occur, without havig to recompile or ed the test sessio. As such, CA IterTest for CICS ca deliver sigificat improvemet over maual debuggig methods for the IBM CICS Trasactio Server ad z/os eviromets. Busiess Value Product Overview Delivery Approach Testig ad debuggig is oe of the most importat ad time-cosumig phases of maiframe applicatio developmet. Meawhile, you are challeged with doig more with fewer skilled maiframe programmers, shorter timeto-market pressures ad icreasigly striget idustry ad govermet regulatios. The automated debuggig ad testig capabilities offered by CA IterTest for CICS eable you to meet applicatio developmet challeges head-o by helpig to esure well-tested programs prior to productio. Specifically, it provides automated, reliable ad cost-effective debuggig. Buildig quality ito your maiframe busiess applicatios through effective iteractive debuggig helps your applicatios meet established service levels. Moreover, CA IterTest for CICS helps you deliver quality applicatios quickly ad improves applicatio stability by detectig errors before they occur. CA Services provides a portfolio of maiframe services delivered through CA iteral staff ad a etwork of established parters chose to help you achieve a successful deploymet ad get the desired busiess results as quickly as possible. Our stadard service offerigs are desiged to speed deploymet ad accelerate the learig curve for your staff. CA s field-prove maiframe best practices ad traiig lower risk, improve use/adoptio ad ultimately alig the product cofiguratio to your busiess requiremets.
What s New, What s Compellig? Maiframe 2.0 CA IterTest for CICS has adopted key Maiframe 2.0 features that are desiged to simplify your use of CA IterTest for CICS ad eable your staff to istall, cofigure ad maitai it more effectively ad quickly. CA Maiframe Software Maager: The CA Maiframe Software Maager automates CA IterTest for CICS istallatio ad maiteace ad removes SMP/E complexities. > The Product Acquisitio Service eables you to easily move product istallatio packages ad maiteace from CA Support Olie directly to your maiframe eviromet ad prepare them for istallatio. > The Software Istallatio Service stadardizes CA IterTest for CICS istallatio, which icludes a ew, streamlied Electroic Software Delivery (ESD) method that allows CA IterTest for CICS to be istalled usig stadard utilities. This service also provides stadardized SMP/E product istallatio ad maiteace via APARs ad PTFs, ad simplifies SMP/E processig through a ituitive graphical user iterface ad a itelliget Istallatio Wizard. Best Practices Guide: This Guide provides iformatio o CA IterTest for CICS istallatio, iitial cofiguratio ad deploymet to shorte the learig curve for staff who are resposible for the istallatio ad maagemet of this product. Iteroperability Certificatio: CA IterTest for CICS has bee tested i a eviromet with may other CA products as part of a dedicated effort to fid ad resolve iteroperability problems prior to release. User-Friedly Graphical User Iterface (GUI) Based o the Eclipse Itegrated Developmet Eviromet (IDE) This ehacemet provides a Eclipse IDE-based user iterface that esures a commo look ad feel ad ew fuctioality i both CA IterTest for CICS ad CA IterTest Batch. While this GUI will ot replace the traditioal 3270 gree scree iterface, it will serve as a alterative user iterface that places the power of graphical cotrols at your figertips. If you do ot have the Eclipse IDE but wat to take advatage of this ew GUI with CA IterTest for CICS ad/ or CA IterTest Batch, you ca easily ad efficietly do so without istallig the Eclipse IDE. However, if you have the Eclipse IDE you may wish to leverage this ehacemet as a Eclipse IDE plug-i. I doig so, you will be able to use CA IterTest for CICS ad CA IterTest Batch i cojuctio with your other Eclipse IDE-based applicatio developmet ad quality assurace solutios, such as third-party Java ad C++ developmet tools.
NEW CA INTERTEST GUI Figure A: The ew CA IterTest GUI provides a easy-to-use iterface for the traditioal maiframe user ad the ew geeratio of maiframe programmers. Features CA IterTest for CICS provides the followig features: Test ad Debug Directly From the Source: You ca work directly from your familiar source code to: > Iitiate program moitorig > Set ad remove breakpoits > Correct problems from ay program locatio without iterruptig your testig sessio > Sigle step ad trace backward through code > Display ad modify mai storage, files ad databases > List the umber of times that each verb was executed Abed Prevetio by Trappig All Applicatio Errors: CA IterTest for CICS moitors all program statemets durig executio. Whe a error is detected, CA IterTest for CICS automatically suspeds program executio, usig a automatic breakpoit, before the program fails or the IBM CICS Trasactio Server for z/os regio is corrupted. Whe a automatic breakpoit occurs, the system is protected ad iteractive debuggig ca begi immediately. Set Breakpoits to Iterrupt Program Executio: You ca set umerous types of breakpoits to iterrupt program executio at ay poit. At each breakpoit, the source listig is displayed. You ca the perform debuggig tasks, icludig chagig program variables or data areas i storage, settig or removig other breakpoits, dyamically chagig or retracig the program s executio path ad ispectig files. CA IterTest for CICS also allows you to decide if whether breakpoits should iterrupt program executio before or after your statemet executes. After breakpoits allow you to view updated field values i the Keep Widow, which is fully scrollable for you to view large group ad data items.
Cotrol Program Executio to Test All Program Paths: You ca cotrol program executio by stoppig ad resumig executio from ay poit. Such flexibility makes it easy to test particular program sectios or circumvet errors. Easily Display ad Update Data Values: You ca display ad update ay data values from the coveiece of the CA IterTest for CICS source code display without havig to iterrupt your sessio view. View ad Modify Storage: The CA IterTest for CICS CORE facility allows you to easily display ad modify data i storage by simply overtypig the displayed data. Automatic Program Variable Display (AUTOKEEP): shows the cotets of program variables refereced i the active statemet ad allows these items to be modified. I additio, these cotets ca be displayed i the traditioal hex+character format or i DISPLAY Format, makig it easier to view ad modify umeric fields. You ca also view historical data values for COBOL program variables while steppig backward through previously executed statemets. Trace Program Executio: The trace facility eables you to retrace a program s path of executio ad uderstad its logic. Specifically, statemet-by-statemet tracig capabilities allow you to uderstad how you got a certai poit i time. Source Code Coverage: CA IterTest for CICS lists the umber of times that each statemet was executed directly o the source listig. This iformatio may be used to idetify utested code ad helps you verify that test data is adequate ad that all program paths have bee tested prior to implemetig your chages i productio. Commo Symbolic Support Facilitates Cross Product Itegratio: To speed error resolutio, CA IterTest for CICS allows you to idetify program locatios symbolically usig a commo symbolic file (the PROTSYM file), without computig addresses or displacemets ad without worryig about address chages after recompilatio. This is true eve for modules that cosist of separately compiled programs that are lik-edited together. The PROTSYM file is utilized by CA IterTest Batch, CA IterTest for CICS, CA Optimizer /II, ad CA SymDump for CICS ad CA SymDump Batch. I additio, CA IterTest for CICS itegrates directly with CA s Chage ad Cofiguratio Maagemet products. Source listigs ca be easily trasferred from CA Edevor Software Chage Maager (SCM), CA Libraria Base for z/os ad CA Pavalet for z/os to the PROTSYM file. If you are a CA Edevor SCM customer, the CA Edevor SCM Footprit feature is exploited to eable CA IterTest for CICS to dyamically locate ad format symbolic iformatio, elimiatig all program-level setup requiremets for symbolic support. Sychroized Processig: To help cofirm that the correct versio of the source code is used, CA IterTest for CICS provides PROTSYM file ad load module sychroizatio. Whe a program is selected for testig, CA IterTest for CICS compares source listig ad load module dates ad times. If o matchig files are foud, a selectio list is displayed from which you ca choose the correct listig. Structured File Display Makes Data Easy o the Eyes: The CA IterTest for CICS FILE facility presets the records of a file, trasiet data queue, temporary storage queue or DL/I segmet i a field-by-field maer mapped to the data structure to which you are accustomed providig a immediate frame of referece. Structured fields are show i either hexadecimal or character format, ad data ca be chaged by overtypig the cotets directly o the scree.
Iteractively Debug Applicatios That Access DB2: I additio to performig SQL fuctios, CA IterTest for CICS provides facilities for testig ad debuggig CICS applicatios that access DB2. The DB2 retur code ad its related message are available olie at ay breakpoit. Helpful Diagostic Iformatio: Whe CA IterTest for CICS detects a error (for example, a storage violatio), it provides diagostic iformatio to help fid the error ad determie why it occurred. The HELP facility provides cotext-sesitive explaatios of each ABEND ad suggestios o how to use CA IterTest for CICS to correct the error. You ca defie your ow ABEND codes with associated problem descriptios to idetify the cause of a preprogrammed ABEND. A ABEND code ca be associated with a particular program or it ca override the CA IterTest for CICS default descriptio. Support for IBM CICS Trasactio Server for z/os: CA IterTest for CICS supports all curretly IBM-supported versios of IBM CICS Trasactio Server for z/os. Immediate support helps your IT maagers implemet successful migratio projects, while ehaced support for IBM CICS Trasactio Server for z/os allows you to easily debug applicatio programs that utilize the ew features. Support for IBM CICS Trasactio Server for z/os icludes exploitatio of the followig IBM CICS Trasactio Server for z/os features itroduced i release 3.1: > Chaels ad Cotaiers: Whe debuggig programs that use the ew IBM CICS Trasactio Server Chael ad Cotaier feature, CA IterTest for CICS displays chael ad cotaier iformatio at a breakpoit. This supports a ew IBM CICS Trasactio Server applicatio programmig feature that addresses a 32K COMMAREA limitatio. The CA IterTest for CICS Request Breakpoit (RBP) feature also supports the ew IBM CICS Trasactio Server Chael ad Cotaier commads. > New Web API Commad: The CA IterTest for CICS RBP feature recogizes ew IBM CICS Trasactio Server outboud web API commads durig a debuggig sessio. > LE Eabled Assembler: CA IterTest for CICS supports LE Eabled Assembler programs that are ivoked as the mai program i a trasactio. Debug Productio Applicatios Symbolically From ay CICS Regio: Eve the most thoroughly tested program ca abed i productio. CA SymDump for CICS, a complemetary product to CA IterTest for CICS, eables you to diagose trasactio ABENDS symbolically without havig to aalyze dumps. CICSPlex Exploitatio: CA IterTest for CICS exploits the CICSPlex eviromet by moitorig a program wherever it executes i the CICSPlex. CA IterTest for CICS also supports o-cicsplex MRO/ISC cofiguratios. Key Storage Area Display: This feature allows you to display details of program storage, base locators, global tables ad commuicatios areas. Numerous Usability ad Techical Currecy Features: Additioal features iclude the ability to: > Debug the full set of 64-bit istructios ad moitor ad display 64-bit registers > Display data items from the IBM Eterprise COBOL compiler LOCAL STORAGE data sectio
Beefits CA IterTest for CICS eables you to test ad debug directly from your source ad prevet ABENDS by trappig applicatio errors olie. Additioally, it allows you to set breakpoits to iterrupt program executio ad utilize the latest capabilities foud i IBM CICS Trasactio Server for z/os ad CICSPlex. All these features combie to help you effectively reduce applicatio dowtime ad improve quality. Why CA CA IterTest for CICS is a key compoet of CA s Maiframe 2.0 iitiative. I additio to beig a compoet of the CA Applicatio Quality ad Testig Tools, CA IterTest for CICS is also part of Eterprise IT Maagemet (EITM), CA s larger idustry visio. EITM helps you to uify IT ad simplify the maagemet of complex computig eviromets across your etire eterprise for better busiess results. Copyright 2009 CA. All rights reserved. CICS, CICSPlex, Laguage Eviromet, DB2 ad z/os are trademarks of Iteratioal Busiess Machies Corporatio i the Uited States, other coutries, or both. All trademarks, trade ames, service marks ad logos refereced herei belog to their respective compaies. This documet is for your iformatioal purposes oly. CA assumes o resposibility for the accuracy or completeess of the iformatio. To the extet permitted by applicable law, CA provides this documet as is without warraty of ay kid, icludig, without limitatio, ay implied warraties of merchatability, fitess for a particular purpose, or oifrigemet. I o evet will CA be liable for ay loss or damage, direct or idirect, from the use of this documet, icludig, without limitatio, lost profits, busiess iterruptio, goodwill or lost data, eve if CA is expressly advised i advace of the possibility of such damages. 319040509