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.
CICS SMF Tables tab
The CICS
SMF Tables tab shows the types of monitoring or statistics
records, grouped by record categories. You can use this tab to locate
and select the type of record you require. You can use the filter
field to retrieve a list of record types that match your filter, or
expand the categories to locate the required record type.
Records are grouped in the
following categories:
- CICS TS SMF 110 Type 1 Records. CICS monitoring
records.
- CICS TS SMF 110 Type 2 Records. CICS statistics
records. Transaction Manager records in the Sheet view
are a good starting point to review CICS TS.
- CICS TS SMF 110 Type 3, 4, or 5 Records. Type 3 records are shared
temporary storage queue server statistics. Type 4 records are coupling
facility data table server statistics. Type 5 records are named counter
sequence number server statistics.
- CICS TG SMF 111 Records. CICS Transaction Gateway statistics records.
For more information about the categories, see SMF data used by CICS PA in CICS Performance
Analyzer product documentation.
Selected records tab
You can use the Selected
records tab to select the records that are displayed in
the Sheet view.
By default, the Sheet view
updates automatically when you change your selection. To change this
option, use the Link to Selection icon
in the toolbar of the Sheet view.

- To display the records that are associated with an APPLID, click
the name of the APPLID. You can use the Shift or Ctrl keys to select
more than one APPLID. To filter the APPLID list, type part or all
of the APPLID name in the Applid field and
click the Apply filter icon
.
You can use wildcards in the name. To remove the filter, click the Clear
filter icon
.
- For Performance List or transaction summary records, to display
the records that are associated with a Transaction ID, click the name
of the Transaction ID. You can use the Shift or Ctrl keys to select
more than one Transaction ID. To filter the Transaction ID list, type
part or all of the Transaction ID in the Applid field
and click the Apply filter icon
.
You can use wildcards in the name. To remove the filter, click the Clear
filter icon
.
- For Application context summary records, to display the records
that are associated with a platform, application name, application
version, or application operation, click the name of each required
attribute. You can use the fields and controls in a similar way as
described earlier for the APPLID.
- To use the date/time tree to filter the records, expand the tree
to show the elements you require, and select those elements. You can
use this method to look at the data from a single performance summary
report.
- To select records from the last day, week, month, quarter, or
year, click the arrow on the Performance Analyzer date
dialog icon
on the toolbar, then click
the required time period on the menu.
- To select records from a specific time period, Click the Performance
Analyzer date dialog icon
on
the toolbar or on the tab, then use the Date-time selection window.
For details, see Refining the data selection.