The reference topics provide reference information about
the CICS® PA plug-in.
CICS SMF Records view
The CICS SMF Records view shows the
records that build a history of monitoring and statistics data for
the current connection to the CICS PA host
database. You can use it to select a subset of data for further analysis.
DB Retrieval Debug view
The DB Retrieval Debug view shows
details of the SQL queries that are issued by the CICS IA or CICS PA plug-in
and that are being logged. You can use this view to start or stop
logging the SQL queries, and to clear the table of entries in the
view.
DSG Dispatcher global view
The DSG Dispatcher global view shows
the Dispatcher global statistics for the selected APPLID. You can
use it to visualize CICS task
dispatcher performance and analyze dispatcher statistics.
LDG Loader global view
The LDG Loader global view shows a
number of important CICS Storage
Manager global statistics values for the Dynamic Storage Area (DSA)
and the Extended Dynamic Storage Area (EDSA), for the selected interval.
You can use it to analyze program load activity.
LDG Storage DSA or EDSA view
The LDG Storage DSA or LDG
Storage EDSA view shows a number of important CICS Storage Manager dynamic storage areas statistics
values for the Dynamic Storage Area (DSA) or Extended Dynamic Storage
Area (EDSA) for the selected interval. You can use it to analyze the
program activity, program storage usage, and program compression activity
in relation to the CICS Dynamic Storage Areas (DSAs).
MNG Monitoring global view
The MNG Monitoring global view shows CICS Transaction Manager and related
CICS Monitoring information
for the selected APPLID. You can use it to analyze transaction activity,
the concurrent transaction load, and the transaction response time
for this interval.
CICS Performance Analyzer Preferences
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.
Properties view
The Properties view provides an alternative
way to view a single record selected in the Sheet view. You can display
information about only one record at a time. You can copy information
from the Properties view and paste it into a
file in the Project Explorer view, or into another
application such as a spreadsheet.
Reports view
The Reports view displays the reports
that the CICS PA plug-in provides.
You can run these reports to view a specified subset of the data in
your database in a graphical format, so you can see data trends in
your system.
Sheet view
The Sheet view displays the selected
monitoring or statistics data as a spreadsheet. You can view performance
summary records, performance list records, and statistics records
from the CICS PA host
database, or CSV data that is loaded into the CICS PA plug-in.
SMS Storage DSA, EDSA, or GDSA view
The SMS Storage DSA, EDSA, or GDSA view
shows a number of important CICS Storage
Manager dynamic storage areas statistics values for the Dynamic Storage
Area (DSA), Extended Dynamic Storage Area (EDSA), or Grande Dynamic
Storage Area (GDSA) for the selected interval.
SMS Storage global view
The SMS Storage global view shows
a number of important CICS Storage
Manager global statistics values for the Dynamic Storage Area (DSA),
the Extended Dynamic Storage Area (EDSA), and the Grande Dynamic Storage
Area (GDSA) for the selected interval. You can use it to analyze storage
and storage statistics.
SMT Task subpools view
The SMT Task subpools view shows a
number of important CICS Storage
Manager task subpools statistics values for the task-related DSAs
for the Dynamic Storage Area (DSA), Extended Dynamic Storage Area
(EDSA), or Grande Dynamic Storage Area (GDSA) for the selected interval.
You can use it to analyze storage and storage statistics.
Statistics Alerts view
The Statistics Alerts view provides
details of statistical alerts that CICS PA
has captured and loaded into the host DB2® database.
You can use the Statistics Alerts view to display
data sets with specific criteria that you want to monitor over a short
time period, for example, from day to day.
Transaction detail view
The Transaction detail view shows
a transaction performance analysis summary for a specific transaction
over a time interval in a graphical format. Information is shown as
a timeline and number of pie charts and associated details.
Transaction Performance Alerts view
The Transaction Performance Alerts view
provides details of performance alerts that CICS PA has captured from CICS Transaction Server and loaded into the
host DB2 database. You can use
this view to monitor and report significant transaction performance
conditions that are based on predefined thresholds. You can monitor CICS transactions for performance
compliance, including service level monitoring, and problem detection.
Transaction performance detail view
The Transaction performance detail view
shows transaction performance conditions for a specified instance
of a transaction in a graphical format. For example, it can show transaction
performance conditions when a transaction performance alert occurred.
Information is shown as a number of pie charts and associated details.
XMC Transaction class view
The XMC Transaction class view shows
the XMC tranclass resource statistics for the selected APPLID. You
can use it to analyze transaction and transaction class statistics.
XMG Transaction global view
The XMG Transaction global view shows
the XMG transaction global statistics for the selected APPLID. You
can use it to analyze transaction and transaction class statistics.
XMR Transaction resource view
The XMR Transaction resource view
shows the XMR TRANSACTION resource statistics for the selected TRANSACTION
in the APPLID. You can use it to analyze transaction and transaction
class statistics.
Messages
IBM® CICS Performance Analyzer messages are prefixed
with PAX and are displayed in the user interface.