Filtering reports

You can filter which types of reports are displayed in the Reports view by report category, report type, or column of input data.

About this task

CICS® PA produces a wide range of reports and extracts on the performance of CICS Transaction Server that help you to tune and manage performance, as well as plan capacity for future use. By default, the Reports view displays all report types.

You can filter the report types to display only the reports you are interested in.

Procedure

  1. Click the View Menu icon View Menu icon in the toolbar of the Reports view.
  2. To filter by report category, click Report category filter. Use the dialog to select the categories you require, then click OK. The categories correspond to those listed in the CICS SMF Tables tab in the CICS SMF Records view. For more information about the categories, see the information about SMF data used by CICS PA in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS product documentation.
    Data category filter window
  3. To filter by report type, click Report type filter. Use the dialog to select the report types you require, then click OK. You can select the following report types:
    • Ranging reports display data in a bar chart.
    • Stat table link reports link one table of data with another.
    • Timeline reports display how a record has changed over time.
    • Detail reports display data in a pie chart.
    Report type filter window
  4. To filter by column of input data, click Statistics input column filter. Use the dialog to select the resources you require, then click OK. Each report uses a number of specific input fields to run, and these fields relate to individual data columns in a table, linking values from table to table. For example, a table that contains a program name can link to another table that also has information about a program name; if those programs are the same, there is a link. Some data columns might not be relevant in a specific installation, so you can exclude individual columns as resource parameters. Consequently, reports based upon these columns are filtered out of the Reports view.
    Statistics input column filter window