Creating a debugging profile with the 3270 interface

You can create debugging profiles in these ways:

Creating a new profile

Starting with the "List Debugging Profiles" screen, follow these steps:

To create a profile for a compiled language program
  1. Press PF5. CICS displays the "Create Compiled Debugging Profile" screen.
  2. Complete the fields that you need to specify your profile.
  3. Press ENTER. CICS checks that you have entered valid data.
    • If you have specified valid data, the profile is saved
    • If your data contains an error, CICS displays a message. Re-enter the data, and press ENTER again.
  4. Press PF12 to return to the "List Debugging Profiles" screen.
To create a profile for a Java program
  1. Press PF6. CICS displays the "Create Java Debugging Profile" screen.
  2. Complete the fields that you need to specify your profile. You may need to use PF7 and PF8 to scroll the display.
  3. Press ENTER. CICS checks that you have entered valid data.
    • If you have specified valid data, the profile is saved
    • If your data contains an error, CICS displays a message. Re-enter the data, and press ENTER again.
  4. Press PF12 to return to the "List Debugging Profiles" screen.

Basing a new profile on an existing profile

You can create a new debugging profile using an existing profile as a starting point. The steps you take depend upon whether the original profile is owned by you or another user:

If you own the profile
Follow the steps described in Changing a debugging profile with the 3270 interface. Before you save the profile, give it a new name.
If another user owns the profile
  1. Copy the profile, following the steps described in Copying debugging profiles with the 3270 interface
  2. Make any changes to the profile by following the steps described in Changing a debugging profile with the 3270 interface

Related concepts
the CICS® Application Programming Guide
Related tasks
Using the application debugging profile manager 3270 interface
Related references
The List Debugging Profiles screen
The Create Compiled Debugging Profile screen
The Create Java Debugging Profile screen
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