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.

For transaction performance conditions for a specified instance of a transaction, you can use the Transaction performance detail view. See Viewing performance history.

You can access this view from transaction summary data in the Sheet view. See Viewing performance history.

The view title shows the transaction name.

The information line shows the parameters that describe the time interval, the APPLID and the transaction ID.

Performance Alerts view

Transaction response time

This chart shows the transaction response time divided into Average User Dispatch time, Average Dispatch wait time, Average User CPU time, and Average Suspend time.

For further details about the transaction response time, view the information on the CICS Response time, User CPU time, and Suspend time pie charts.

You can use the Transaction response time twistie to show or hide this section.

Transaction Performance Summary at a glance

This section shows a thumbnail of the available pie charts. Click on a pie chart to view a full sized pie chart and its associated details. On a full sized pie chart, click the pie segments to highlight the corresponding component in the adjacent table.

By default, all charts are available, but you can set CICS® PA plug-in preferences to disable specific categories of analysis and restrict the associated charts. If the analysis you require is not available, check the Categorization enablement preferences. See CICS Performance Analyzer Preferences.

You can use the Transaction Performance Summary at a glance twistie to show or hide this section.

The following pie charts are available:
CICS Response time
This chart shows the transaction response time divided into User Dispatch time and Suspend time.
  • User Dispatch time is divided further into User CPU time with an analysis of the CICS Dispatcher-managed Task control Blocks (TCBs) that the transaction used.
  • Suspend time also shows the Dispatch wait time that the transaction incurred and the CICS TCB mode when the wait occurred.
User CPU time
This chart shows an analysis of the CPU time and dispatch count on the CICS Dispatcher-managed TCBs that the transaction used. User CPU time analysis, including CPU time on standard CPs, offload eligible CPU time, and CPU time on specialty processors is also shown.

For more information about these performance class fields, see Open TCB management in the CICS TS V5.2 product documentation.

Suspend time
This chart shows the individual suspend time components separated into wait type groups. Each suspend time component is shown with its elapsed wait time and number of waits that were accumulated. Uncaptured wait time is suspend time that CICS TS does not capture with a wait time metric.
CICS RMI usage
This chart shows the Resource Manager Interface (RMI) usage analysis. It shows elapsed time spent in, and the number of requests made to, the CICS resource managers (such as DB2® or WebSphere® MQ) that the transaction used.
Storage usage
This chart shows the GETMAIN requests and high-water mark values for the different types of CICS storage that the transaction used, broken down by CICS Dynamic Storage Area (DSA). This chart represents the amount of storage used, not the amount of storage available.
File Request activity
This chart shows the number and type of file requests that the transaction issued. A breakdown of the file-related I/O wait times and their relationship with the total suspend time for the transaction is also shown.
Program Request activity
This chart shows the number and type of program requests that the transaction issued. A breakdown of the program load time is also shown.
Transient Data Request activity
This chart shows the number and type of transient data requests that the transaction issued. A breakdown of the wait times related to transient data and their relationship with the total suspend time for the transaction is also shown.
For further details about the CMF performance class fields that are displayed, see Performance class data: listing of data fields in the CICS TS V5.2 product documentation.