Visualizing transaction activity

You can use the MNG Monitoring global view to visualize transaction activity, the concurrent transaction load, and the transaction response time for this interval.

About this task

You can access this statistical analysis view from Monitoring statistical data in the sheet view or a CICS Monitoring alert in the Statistics Alerts view. The view shows the transaction activity and other details for the APPLID at the interval time of the record, and a few intervals before and after, if the records are available.

For information about collecting and processing CICS® monitoring data, using these statistics to tune the CICS Transaction Manager, and information about the z/OS® Workload Manager, see the related links to the CICS information.

Procedure

Use one of the following methods to open the statistical analysis view and visualize dispatcher status:
  • From the Statistics Alerts view, either double-click a monitoring alert, or right-click the alert then click Open.
  • From a Monitoring record in the sheet view, right-click a record and click Open.
  • From a statistics visualization view, for example, the DSG Dispatcher global view, click the Show alternative statistic visualizations Show alternative statistic visualizations icon icon on the toolbar of the view, then click MNG Monitoring global.