CICS PA plug-in overview

The CICS® PA plug-in is an Eclipse plug-in that extends the IBM® CICS Explorer® to help you analyze CICS performance data processed by the CICS PA product.

You use the CICS PA plug-in with the CICS PA host to analyze CICS Monitoring Facility (CMF) performance and statistical class data. The data can be accessed directly from a CICS PA database, or formatted as a comma-separated variable (CSV) file using CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS® and loaded into the CICS PA plug-in for analysis.

Using the CICS PA plug-in you can perform the following tasks:

Next steps:
  • If you are new to the Eclipse interface, you can go to the Basic tutorial topic in the CICS Explorer User Guide, to learn how to use perspectives and views. Alternatively, you can use the search field to find specific information in this help.
  • If you are familiar with the Eclipse interface, you can go to the CICS PA plug-in basic tutorial section in this user guide to learn how to use the CICS PA plug-in.
  • For further help on Eclipse, see the Eclipse Workbench User Guide.