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HCL Z Abend Investigator User’s Guide and Reference V16.1.2
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  2. Welcome
  3. Z Abend Investigator installation and administration
  4. Customizing Z Abend Investigator by using user exits
  5. Invocation parameters
  6. User exit type specific data area
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  • PDF documentation
  • About this document
  • Summary of changes
  • Using Z Abend Investigator
  • Z Abend Investigator installation and administration
    • Migrating from an earlier version of Z Abend Investigator
    • Preparing to customize Z Abend Investigator
    • Customizing the operating environment for Z Abend Investigator
    • Using the Z Abend Investigator HFZS subsystem

      Z Abend Investigator uses a subsystem known as HFZS for services that can otherwise not be performed or which might cause incomplete analysis if not started.

    • Modifying your ISPF environment
    • Customize Z Abend Investigator by using USERMODs
    • Customize Z Abend Investigator by using an HFZOPTLM configuration-options module
    • Setting up history files

      Z Abend Investigator requires at least one PDS or PDSE data set to be allocated as a fault history file.

    • Setting and changing default options for the site
    • Providing compiler listings or Z Abend Investigator side files
    • Customizing the CICS environment
    • Customizing the DB2 environment
    • Customizing the IMS environment
    • Customizing the Java environment
    • Customizing the Z Abend Investigator Japanese feature
    • Verifying Z Abend Investigator customization
    • Managing history files (HFZUTIL utility)

      The HFZUTIL batch utility can be used to perform history file management functions, such as listing and deleting history file fault entries.

    • Providing application-specific explanations and descriptions
    • Maintaining Z Abend Investigator
    • Disabling Z Abend Investigator
    • Customizing Z Abend Investigator by using user exits
      • Invocation parameters
        • Global environment data area (ENV)
        • User exit type specific data area
      • Supported exit programming languages
      • Determining which exit type is invoking a common user exit
      • Data area version checking
      • Diagnostic tracing
      • Descriptions of fault analysis user exit types
      • Descriptions of HFZUTIL batch utility user exit types
      • User exit REXX commands
      • Formatting tags
      • The HFZXUFMT load module Formatting user exit
    • Z Abend Investigator on VS Code

      HCL Z Abend Investigator is a host component and supports a client that supports various interfaces such as Microsoft Visual Studio Code IDEs.

  • Z Abend Investigator reference information
  • Sample customized ISPF interface front-end
  • Technical details for screen size adjustments
  • Notices

  • Glossary
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User exit type specific data area

For information about data areas that are specific to an exit type, refer to the individual exit types in Descriptions of fault analysis user exit types or Descriptions of HFZUTIL batch utility user exit types.

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