CICS PA concepts

CICS PA is based on the following concepts which are reflected in the Primary Option Menu of the CICS PA dialog:
  1. Personal System Definitions
  2. Report Sets
  3. Report Forms
  4. Object Lists
  5. Historical Database
  6. Shared System Definitions
  7. Statistics reporting
  8. Transaction Profiling
  9. Resource Definitions: Resource Lists, Application Groups, Performance Alert Definitions

The CICS PA dialog is an ISPF-based menu-driven dialog that helps you create, maintain and submit your report requests. It also helps you to specify your input data and tailor requests specific to your requirements without you having to understand the SMF data.