Using the IBM i Debug Dynamic Job Requests view

The IBM® i Debug Dynamic Job Requests view displays a list of the requests submitted in the current workbench session for launching a debug session with dynamic attach, and shows their status as waiting or canceled.

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Requests to launch a debug session with dynamic attach are created when a Debug Dynamic Job configuration is run. When started, these requests monitor a data queue and wait for information specifying the IBM i job for the debugger to attach to. When an application specifies the information in the data queue, the request completes, it is removed from this view and a debug session starts.

The IBM iDebug Dynamic Job Requests view shows the requests that are still waiting for a job to be specified. You can manually cancel these requests if you decide not to start a debug session. Waiting requests are automatically canceled when the workbench session ends.

The view also shows canceled requests or those with expired wait limit. Requests also fail if the server connection disconnects. Requests in these states remain listed until manually removed, a certain request entries limit (50) is exceeded, and at the end of a workbench session.

From the view, you can refresh all or selected requests to show their status. You can also clear data queue entries for a specified search key. This is useful when you want to make sure that there is no duplicate key on the data queue before you start debugging.

To remove entries with a selected key from the data queue, click the Clear data queue button .


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