Figure 1. CICS PA Primary
Option Menu File Options Help
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V3R2M0 CICS Performance Analyzer – Primary Option Menu
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0 CICS PA Profile Customize your CICS PA dialog profile
1 Personal Systems Specify personal CICS Systems, SMF Files and Groups
2 Report Sets Request and submit reports and extracts
3 Report Forms Define Report Forms
4 Object Lists Define Object Lists
5 Historical Database Collect and process historical data
6 Shared Systems Specify shared CICS Systems, SMF Files and Groups
7 Statistics Report CICS Statistics
8 Profiling Request Transaction Profiling
9 Resource Definitions Define Resource Lists, Application Groups and Alerts
X Exit Terminate CICS PA
The following steps introduce the primary menu options and explain
briefly how to use the dialog to start reporting:
- Define your CICS® systems and their SMF files. When your CICS systems
are defined, you can start reporting against them. You can automate
this process by using the Take-Up facility. CICS PA extracts
the relevant information about your CICS systems
from your SMF files. If you define your own CMF user fields, then
specify your MCT definition. The user fields can then be incorporated
into your CICS PA reports.
Related CICS systems,
such as those systems that connect via IRC/MRO, ISC/APPC,
or IPIC can be grouped together for reporting purposes. For example,
assigning the CICS MRO systems (CICSPTOR, CICSPAOR, CICSPFOR,
CICSPDOR) and DB2® subsystem (DB2P) to a Group allows you to
report on these systems as a single entity. CICS PA reports
can then show a complete end-to-end picture of your MRO transaction
activity, incorporating detailed DB2 statistics
derived from the DB2 accounting data of subsystem DB2P.
You can use Personal System Definitions (option 1) or Shared
System Definitions (option 6). Typically your personal definitions
are maintained by you and used by you for reporting. They are saved
in your Personal Profile Library (specified in option 0 CICS PA Profile).
This contrasts with Shared System Definitions which are typically
maintained by a central administrator and used by all users for reporting.
They are saved in the HDB Register (specified in option 5 Historical
Database).
- Define Report Sets to build, submit, and save your report requests.
A Report Set contains the set of reports and extracts that you wish
to run in a single job. Simply select the ones you require and submit.
Specify Selection Criteria to filter the input records to report
only the information that you are interested in. For example, you
can specify Selection Criteria to restrict reporting to:
- A particular date/time range
- A group of related Transaction IDs
- Transaction response times that exceed your thresholds
Run your Report Sets (or individual reports or extracts).
The CICS PA dialog
builds the JCL and commands to produce the reports and extracts. You
can edit these jobs, or you can write your own jobs.
- Define Report Forms to tailor the format and content of your reports
and extracts. A simple to use editor allows you to design your own
report by selecting the required CMF fields. Most CMF fields can be
selected for reporting, and detailed explanations of each CMF field
are available from the dialog. A comprehensive set of Sample Report
Forms is provided to help you tailor your reports and extracts.
- Define Object Lists to help you specify values for filtering and
grouping objects such as transaction IDs and terminals. Object Lists
are used when specifying Selection Criteria for reports and extracts.
- Define and maintain Historical Databases (HDBs) as
repositories of performance data. Generate reports against your HDBs
or export HDB data to DB2 for further manipulation and
analysis.
- See option 1.
- Report on statistics from eligible SMF files or HDBs,
or create and maintain Statistics Alert definitions (required for
Statistics Alert reports).
- Request a Transaction Profiling report (you can
also request this in a Report Set, using option 2).
- Define Resource Definitions, including Resource
Lists, Application Groups, and Performance Alerts.