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title: "CICS- CECI Commands (2 of 3)"
description: "Tracing an abend in CICS: When a CICS program terminates abnormally, an abnormal termination message  like this is sent to the terminal: DFH006I TRANSACTION DFXX PROGRAM DFXXP00A  ABEND ASRA AT H400...."
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date: 2013-02-27
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# CICS- CECI Commands (2 of 3)

**Tracing an abend in CICS:**

When a CICS program terminates abnormally, an *abnormal termination message* like this is sent to the terminal:

**DFH006I TRANSACTION DFXX PROGRAM DFXXP00A  ABEND ASRA AT H400**

This message indicates that the program DFXXP00A started by transaction DFXX at terminal H400 ended with an *abend code* of ASRA. Almost always, it’s the abend code that gives you the information you need to begin debugging your program.

Related[Mainframe: How to Debug CICS Abend Code](https://srinimf.com/2015/07/05/mainframe-how-to-debug-cics-abend-code/)

Three kinds of abends:

- exceptional condition abends (ASRA-Program exception,Decimal divide exception etc)
- program check abends (AEIA-Error)
- Other abend codes (ABMB-Cursor position beyond o/p device)

 Commands in CECI

CECI {*CICS command* }

You can use the *command-level interpreter*, or *CECI*, transaction to issue CICS commands from outside a program. For example, you can use it to issue a SEND MAP command to test a map before you’ve written the program that processes it. The *CECS* transaction provides a subset of CECI functions.

Related[CICS: Two popular commands CECI Vs CECS](https://srinimf.com/2012/06/08/cics-ceci-and-cecs-differences/)

Example:

CECI READ FILE(CUSTMAS) RIDFLD(111111) ==>command that reads a record from a customer master file

CECI SEND MAP(INQMAP1) MAPSET(INQSET1) ERASE ==>command that displays the map INQMAP1 on the screen

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