To use the CFA transaction from a CICS® terminal, simply enter CFA. You can optionally
pass a command parameter as described in Using CFA from an MVS console.
The initial display is similar to the following:
Initially, the display shows the current status of the CICS®Z Abend Investigator exit points, plus details of any active and
waiting Z Abend Investigator tasks. By entering an I or U (for
Install or Uninstall) next to a specific exit point, its status can be changed accordingly. If there
is an active analysis task (as shown in the example above), then a CICS® TASK FORCEPURGE can be issued for that task by entering an F in the input field next to
the active task details. This function is only possible if CICS® transaction isolation is INACTIVE, or if ACTIVE, that the HFZXFA program is defined to have an EXECKEY of CICS®.
For help information about a specific CICS® exit, press PF1 on the main panel with
the cursor on an exit selection field.
If pressing PF4, then the Z Abend Investigator Exit Options
display is shown. This display provides information about the current
default options that are in effect for the CICS® region. An example of this display is shown in Sample CFA Exit Options display.
These options are updated each time a new fault entry is created to reflect the
values that are in effect via the HFZOPTS DD
statement or HFZCNFxx parmlib member.