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.
File Options Help ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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:
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.