Hi,

I am trying to debug a CICS program executed by other users, but I do not want the Debug screen to be displayed.  The idea is to be able to log any necessary details without having to interrupt the users.

I have tried closing all the screens, but the following message is being generated:

EQA1002I One window must be open at all times.
********************************* TOP OF LOG **********************************
0001 IBM z/OS Debugger 16.0.5
0002 03/24/2025 12:36:18 PM
0003 5724-T07: Copyright IBM Corp. 1992, 2022
0004 The operating system has generated the following message:
0005    EQA4037I z/OS Debugger is starting debug of QAOAPP30 in CICS for user
0006 X824254.
0007 EQA1743I SETTINGS not restored from DVPES.DEBUG.X824254.DBGTOOL.SAVESETS
0008 Global Preferences file exists: SYSES.DVP.IBM.GPF.SYSDEBUG.
0009 *** Global preferences file commands follow ***
0010  SET AUTOMONITOR ON ;
0011  SET DEFAULT SCROLL CSR ;
0012  SET WARNING OFF ;
0013  SET MSGID ON ;
0014 EQA1889I *** Global preferences file commands end ***
0015 EQA1887I *** User preferences file commands follow ***
0016  WINDOW CLOSE ;
0017  WINDOW CLOSE MONITOR ;
0018  WINDOW CLOSE LOG ;
0019  WINDOW CLOSE SOURCE ;
0020  WINDOW CLOSE MEMORY ;
0021  WINDOW CLOSE CURSOR ;
0022  SET ECHO OFF ;
0023  SET LOG ON FILE DVPES.DEBUG.X824254.DBGTOOL.LOGFILE MOD ;
0024 EQA1336I IBM z/OS Debugger 16.0.5
0025          03/24/2025 12:36:18 PM
0026          5724-T07: Copyright IBM Corp. 1992, 2022
0027  USE 'DVPES.DEBUG.X824254.DBGTOOL.COMMANDS(QAOAPP30)' ;
0028    AT LABEL * LOCAL QAOAPP30
0029      BEGIN ;
0030        LIST LINES %LINE ;
0031        GO ;
0032      END ;
0033 EQA1890I *** User preferences file commands end ***
******************************** BOTTOM OF LOG ********************************

You need a GO at the end of your preference file.    Otherwise it just sits at the first statement.    Other than that it should work.

Hi,

That did it.  Jumping in joy - it was a long time coming.

To really put a cherry on top...  Is it possible to setup only one profile across a CICSPLEX.

Thank you very much.

you can have a Global Preference File by making a EQAOPTS member which you can put in all our CICSPLEX CICS regions in the DFHRPL DD.  

see doc on this in the customization guide:
EQAXOPT GPFDSN,'GROUP1.COMMON.DTOOL.PREFS'
EQAXOPT GPFDSN