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OL-CICS Test Adapter

OL-CICS Test Adapter

When an administrator enables Enable adapter test page on the OL-CICS endpoint, the tree shows Test Adapter and Browse offers a choice between Test Transaction and Test Adapter.

Test Adapter calls the adapter directly with a manually built OLHEADER (program, transaction, channel, and the same hex buffer), bypassing the connector. Use it to troubleshoot the adapter itself.

The default Test Transaction path still goes through the connector and is the one used for published CICS APIs.

Call the OL-CICS adapter directly with a manual OLHEADER, bypassing the connector.

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