You can use the CICS Performance Analyzer Preferences panes
to change general settings for the CICS PA perspective. These settings
include the number of alerts retrieved in the Alerts views, whether
to use short labels on charts and tables, the colors used for the
fields in charts, and the categories of analysis (and the associated
charts) that are available.
To open the CICS Performance Analyzer pane in the Preferences
window, click , then expand CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS.
Alerts
To set the number of alerts retrieved
in the Alerts views, click
Alerts.
- To use the number of rows set in the database retrieval parameters,
select Use global database parameters. See Setting database retrieval parameters.
- To set a number of rows to retrieve specifically for alerts, type
the number you require, then click Apply.
Appearance
To set whether to use short labels
on charts and tables in the CICS PA perspective, click
Appearance.
- To use short labels on charts and tables, select Use
basic labels, then click Apply.
For example, the label for a Transaction ID resource changes to TRAN.
Chart colors
To change the colors used
for the fields in charts, click .
- Either expand the report categories to locate the field you require,
or use the filter field to see a list of fields that match your filter.
- Click the field you want to change. The Preview pane is displayed.
- Click Change to open the Color palette.
- Select the new color and click OK. The
Preview pane shows the color selected.
- Click Apply to accept the change.
- Repeat these steps for all the fields you want to change.
- Optional: To restore the default colors, click Restore
Defaults.
- When your changes are complete, click OK to
close the Preferences page and apply the color change.
Categorization enablement
To change the
categories of analysis (and the associated charts) that are available,
click Categorization enablement. Ensure that
the report categories you require are selected, then click Apply.
For
example, if you clear the Storage usage checkbox, the storage analysis
is not available for selection when you analyze the data.