You can use the CICS PA plug-in to analyze CICS data, including the Performance Summary and CICS PA Statistics and Statistics Alerts reports, that is produced by CICS® Performance Analyzer for z/OS® and stored in a DB2 database.
You must define at least one connection credential before you can configure a database connection. See the Defining connection credentials topic in the CICS Explorer® help for further information.
Before proceeding, ensure that you have all your database connection details, that you have the correct level of authorization, and that you are connected to your company's network.If the connection is successful, a message is displayed in the CICS Explorer status bar and the connection icon is green. You can now display the performance and statistics data in the CICS PA plug-in. The data remains in the database but it is displayed as if it were in the CICS PA plug-in. See the help in the CICS PA plug-in for more information about how to access the data.
If the connection is not successful, an error message is displayed in the CICS Explorer status bar providing a reason for the failure. Check the values in the fields, correct any errors, and click Connect to retry the connection.
When the connection is successful, click OK to close the Preferences view.
If you have not clicked Apply, you can cancel the process and close the Preferences view without saving the new connection by clicking Cancel. If you have already clicked Apply, you must click Delete to remove the connection.