Refining the data selection

You can limit the number of records that are displayed in the Sheet view by applying various selection criteria in the CICS SMF Records view. You can set the number of records to return for each request.

About this task

By default, the Sheet view updates automatically when you change your selection in the CICS SMF Records view. To change this option, use the Link to Selection icon Link to selection icon in the toolbar of the Sheet view.

You can use the Selected records tab in the CICS SMF Records view to apply the following selection criteria to the records:
  • Select records that are associated with one or more APPLIDs (except for Application context summary records).
  • For Application context summary records, select records that are associated with a platform, application name, application version, or application operation.
  • For Performance List or transaction summary records, select records that are associated with one or more Transaction IDs.
  • Select records from the last day, week, month, quarter, or year.
  • Select records from a specified time period.
  • Select one or more transaction IDs.
  • Select a specific performance summary report.

You can use the Preferences window to set the number of records to return for each request.

Procedure

Start from the Selected records tab in the CICS SMF Records view.

What to do next

You can use the Sheet view to filter the data further. For details, see Writing a freeform filter.

You apply a predefined layout to the Sheet view to aid analysis. See Applying a layout in the Sheet view.

You can also sort the records by column or create your own layout. See Customizing the layout in the Sheet view.

You can create a CSV file from data in the Sheet view. See Working with CSV data.