While the other categories produce reports and graphs intended
for human readers, the extracts produce data sets intended for use
by software applications, including CICS PA itself.
- Cross-System Work
- This data set is useful for cross-system analysis. CICS PA allows
you to merge CMF performance class data from segments of work performed
by the same or different CICS® systems
via transaction routing, function shipping, or distributed transaction
processing on behalf of a single network unit-of-work ID. This Cross-System
Work data set can be used as input to CICS PA Performance
Reports such as the List, Summary, and Totals reports to monitor the
total amount of resources used by a transaction within a single CICS system or across multiple CICS systems. For more information,
see Cross-System Work extract.
- Performance Data
- This data set contains a selected subset of CMF performance class
data, extracted and formatted as a delimited text file. This file
can then be imported into DB2® databases
or PC spreadsheet applications such as Lotus® 1-2-3® for further reporting and
analysis. The extract records have a default format which includes
all the clock fields, or the format can be tailored like the Performance
List or Performance Summary reports. The extract
supports performance alert reporting. For more information, see Performance Data extract.
- Record Selection
- This data set contains only the SMF record types that are of interest
to you. You can extract any combination of the SMF record types supported
by CICS PA.
The extract file can then be used as input to CICS PA, allowing
for more efficient reporting. For more information, see Record Selection extract.
- HDB Load
- The HDB Load is a facility that loads SMF data into a Historical
Database (HDB). This same facility is available from Primary Menu
option 5 Historical Database, where the full set of HDB reporting
facilities is available. However, from Report Sets you have the advantages
of batch JCL generation and multiple load requests supported in the
one job. A Recap report containing processing statistics is always
printed at the end of load processing. For more information, see HDB Load.
- System Logger
- This data set contains a selected subset of System Logger data,
extracted and formatted as a delimited text file. This file can then
be imported into DB2 databases
or PC spreadsheet applications such as Lotus 1-2-3 for further reporting and
analysis. For more information, see System Logger report.
- Statistics
- This data set contains CICS statistics,
extracted and formatted as a delimited text file. This file can then
be imported into DB2 databases
or PC spreadsheet applications such as Lotus 1-2-3 for further reporting and
analysis. The format of the extract records depends on the CICS statistics ID of the extracted
data: each statistics ID defines its own set of fields. For more information,
see Statistics extract.