DBOC INQ=TRACE Returns Specious Information

Products

• Datacom
• Datacom/DB

Issue/Introduction

Having an issue with DBOC INQ=TRACE command, it seems to be trapped by CICS then passed onto CSF to process, any text is accepted & DC00380I TRANSACTION COMPLETED messages returned. 

Note that DBOC INQ=CODES does not cause a DFH4200A message & returns valid data 
DBOC INQ=CODEX does not cause a DFH4200A massage & returns INVALID OPERAND 

Both the DBOC INQ=TRACE & DBOC INQ=TRACEX commands generate DFM4200A alerts and after the replies are entered, DC00380I messages are returned for both commands, yet no data is returned and the 
INQ=TRACEX does not generate a DC00382E INVALID OPERAND message 

Environment

z/OS, Datacom/DB 15.1

Cause

As of now we do not support routing the TRACE messages to the console, so the results are unpredictable.

Resolution

Datacom Tools 15.1 Documentation section INQ=TRACE--Displaying the Trace Table

 

Additional Information

This whole scenario got started because we don't have access to all CICS regions and were hoping a CSF feature would allow us to display the output of a DBOC INQ=TRACE on a TSO session, the documentation is very none specific about the destination to which the output will be routed.