CICS Statistics Reporting Menu

CICS PA provides a flexible and powerful interactive viewer for CICS® statistics, either directly from SMF files or from historical data collected in an HDB.

To invoke the Statistics reporting dialog, select option 7 Statistics from the Primary Option Menu. Alternatively, you can enter STATS from the command line anywhere in the CICS PA dialog. The CICS Statistics Reporting Menu is displayed.

Figure 1. CICS Statistics Reporting Menu
   File  Options  Help
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                      CICS Statistics Reporting Menu                    
  Command ===> ________________________________________________________ 
                                                                        
  Select an option then press Enter.                                    
                                                                        
  _  1. SMF Files defined in Personal System Definitions                
     2. SMF Files defined in Shared System Definitions                  
     3. Historical Databases for CICS Statistics                        
     4. Process SMF File                                                
        ______________________________________________  +               
     5. Define Alerts
 
  Filter Criteria  NO_                      YYYY/MM/DD  HH:MM:SS
    APPLID . . . . ________       Start . . __________  ________
    Image  . . . . ____           Stop  . . __________  ________
                                                              
    Type . . . . . _  EOD  _  INT  _  USS  _  REQ  _  RRT       
 
  Options 2, 3 and 5:                                                      
   HDB Register . . . 'CICSPA.HDB.REGISTER'_________________________  + 
                                                                      
   F1=Help     F3=Exit     F4=Prompt   F6=Resize  F10=Actions F12=Cancel
 

The statistics reporting interface is the same, regardless of whether the data source is an SMF file or an HDB. Select from the following options to display a list of eligible SMF files or HDBs:

  1. SMF Files defined in Personal System Definitions. The list of SMF files in your Personal System Definitions.
  2. SMF Files defined in Shared System Definitions. The list of Daily SMF Files defined in Shared System Definitions.
  3. Historical Databases for CICS Statistics. The list of Statistics HDBs defined in the HDB Register.
  4. Process SMF File. Process an ad hoc SMF File. Specify the SMF data set name immediately below.

Option 5 Define Alerts allows you to create and maintain Alert Definitions for Statistics Alert reports.

For options 2, 3, and 5, specify the HDB Register data set name that contains the Shared System Definitions, Statistics HDB definitions.

To limit the CICS statistics intervals that CICSPA displays, type YES next to Filter Criteria and then specify the combination of criteria that you are interested in. You can also activate, deactivate, or change the filter later, when CICSPA displays the list of CICS statistics intervals. For details, see Set Filter.