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.

To open the CICS Performance Analyzer pane in the Preferences window, click Window > Preferences, 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 Appearance > Chart Colors.
  1. 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.
  2. Click the field you want to change. The Preview pane is displayed.
  3. Click Change to open the Color palette.
  4. Select the new color and click OK. The Preview pane shows the color selected.
  5. Click Apply to accept the change.
  6. Repeat these steps for all the fields you want to change.
  7. Optional: To restore the default colors, click Restore Defaults.
  8. When your changes are complete, click OK to close the Preferences page and apply the color change.

Chart colors pane in the Preferences window

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.

Categorization enablement pane in the Preferences view