CICS PA Primary Option Menu

Figure 1. CICS PA Primary Option Menu
   File  Options  Help
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 V5R1M0          CICS Performance Analyzer – Primary Option Menu
 Option ===> ___________________________________________________________________
 
 0  CICS PA Profile       Customize your CICS PA dialog profile
 1  Systems               Specify Systems, SMF Files, and Groups
 2  Report Sets           Request and submit reports and extracts
 3  Report Forms          Define Report Forms
 4  Object Lists          Define Object Lists
 5  Historical Database   Collect and process historical data
 6  Statistics            Report CICS Statistics
 7  Profiling             Request Transaction Profiling
 Start of change 8  Resource Definitions  Define CICS PA resources End of change
 X  Exit                  Terminate CICS PA
 
The following steps introduce the primary menu options and explain briefly how to use the dialog to start reporting:
  1. Define your CICS® systems and their SMF files. When your CICS systems are defined, you can start reporting against them. You can automate this process by using the Take-Up facility. CICS PA extracts the relevant information about your CICS systems from your SMF files or log streams. If you define your own CMF user fields, then specify your MCT definition. The user fields can then be incorporated into your CICS PA reports.

    Related CICS systems, such as systems that connect via IRC/MRO, ISC/APPC, or IPIC, can be grouped together for reporting purposes. For example, assigning the CICS MRO systems (CICSPTOR, CICSPAOR, CICSPFOR, CICSPDOR) and DB2® subsystem (DB2P) to a Group allows you to report on these systems as a single entity. CICS PA reports can then show a complete end-to-end picture of your MRO transaction activity, incorporating detailed DB2 statistics derived from the DB2 accounting data of subsystem DB2P.

    You can use the Systems menu to define both Personal System Definitions and Shared System Definitions. Personal System Definitions are typically maintained in a Personal Profile Library and used by an individual for reporting. Shared System Definitions are typically maintained by a central administrator in the Repository and used by all users.

  2. Define Report Sets to build, submit, and save your report requests. A Report Set contains the set of reports and extracts that you want to run in a single job. Simply select the ones you require and submit.
    Specify Selection Criteria to filter the input records to report only the information that you are interested in. For example, you can specify Selection Criteria to restrict reporting to:
    • A particular date/time range
    • A group of related Transaction IDs
    • Transaction response times that exceed your thresholds

    Run your Report Sets (or individual reports or extracts). The CICS PA dialog builds the JCL and commands to produce the reports and extracts. You can edit these jobs, or you can write your own jobs.

  3. Define Report Forms to tailor the format and content of your reports and extracts. A simple to use editor allows you to design your own report by selecting the required CMF fields. Most CMF fields can be selected for reporting, and detailed explanations of each CMF field are available from the dialog. A comprehensive set of Sample Report Forms is provided to help you tailor your reports and extracts.
  4. Define Object Lists to help you specify values for filtering and grouping objects such as transaction IDs and terminals. Object Lists are used when specifying Selection Criteria for reports and extracts.
  5. Define and maintain Historical Databases (HDBs) as repositories of performance data. Generate reports against your HDBs or export HDB data to DB2 for further manipulation and analysis.
  6. Report on statistics from eligible SMF files or HDBs, or create and maintain Statistics Alert definitions (required for Statistics Alert reports).
  7. Request a Transaction Profiling report (you can also request this in a Report Set, using option 2).
  8. Start of change Define CICS PA resources, including Resource Lists, Application Groups, Performance Alerts, and CPU Service Unit Conversion Factors. End of change

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