The normal procedure to request and generate reports and extracts
is as follows:
- Specify the System Definitions by identifying your Systems
(CICS® APPLID, MVS™ Image, DB2® SSID, MQ SSID, System Logger), SMF Files, and Groups. You
can automate much of this process by using the Take-up facility. See Personal System Definitions.
- Define a Report Set:
- Create a new Report Set. See Creating new Report Sets.
- Specify any Global Options and Selection Criteria. The
Global Options apply to all reports and extracts within the Report
Set. The global Performance Selection Criteria apply to all Performance
reports and extracts within the Report Set. The global Exception Selection
Criteria apply to all Exception reports within the Report Set.
- Select and tailor the Reports and Extracts that you require.
If report-specific options and selection criteria are specified, they
take precedence over the corresponding Global Options and Selection
Criteria at JCL build time. You can request more than one of each
type of report or extract (for example, 3 Performance List Reports
and 2 Cross-System Work Extracts), and specify different options for
each. Exclude any of a particular type you do not wish to generate,
and Deactivate if you wish to generate none of a particular type.
See Maintaining Report Sets for details of all reports,
extracts, and their options.
- Define any Report Forms used to tailor the format of the
Performance List, Performance List Extended, Performance Summary and
Cross-System Work reports, and Performance Data extract.
See Maintaining Report Forms.
- Define any Object Lists used to enhance the Selection Criteria.
See Maintaining Object Lists.
- Enter the RUN command to run the Report Set.
The Active status controls which reports in the Report Set are run.
Only active reports in active categories are selected, but you can
use the RUN line action to temporarily override this. A panel
is displayed for you to enter run-time options. Then CICS PA generates the JCL for batch report processing.
Global Options and Selection Criteria, requested reports and extracts,
and any Report Forms and Object Lists they use, are converted to a
stream of commands for batch execution. You can choose to submit the
JCL directly, or edit it first and optionally save the JCL in an external
library. See Running Report Sets.
- View or print the job output using
your usual method, such as SDSF or ISPF Outlist utility.
- Process the Extract
data sets using a method appropriate to each. For example:
- Analyze the Cross-System Work Extract data using CICS PA Performance
Reports such as the List, Summary, and Totals reports.
- Analyze the Performance Data Extract, Statistics
Extract, or System Logger Extract data using
external programs such as DB2 or
PC tools such as Lotus® 1-2-3.
- Specify the Record Selection Extract data sets as your SMF Files
in System Definitions to reduce the volume of data processed by CICS PA.
- Define and maintain Historical Databases (HDBs) as
repositories of performance data. Generate reports from your HDBs
or export HDB data to DB2 tables
for further analysis.