The Subsystems tab is used to specify information about the measurement of a CICS region, IMS selection parameters, DB2 parameters, DDF selection criteria or Websphere Application Server (WAS) filter criteria. Specify the CICS transaction codes for which CICS measurement information is to be recorded. Click on the IMS radio button for IMS measurement parameters. A transaction, program name, and user id to limit the measurement information can be entered.
Click on the DDF radio button for DDF measurement criteria which includes Correlation Id, End User Id and Workstation Id. Nulls are allowed (check-box) and any of the DDF entry fields can be prefixed/suffixed with an "*". "%" is also allowed.
Click on the WAS radio button for Websphere Application Server filter criteria which includes filtering by Request Name, Application Name Origin, Extension type(s) and image files. Wildcards ("*") are accepted. Extension types must be prefaced by a period (".") and each extension separated by a space.
DB2 and IMS MASS are only enabled if a dash ("-") is entered in the job name field (Job Information tab).
![]() CICS option |
![]() IMS option |
![]() DB2 option |
![]() IMS MASS option |
![]() DDF option |
![]() WAS option |
Reference the APA User's Guide, Chapter 2. Entering Observation Requests, Entering an Observation Request, Panel 5 - Subsystems section for details of the individual fields and edits.