Changing the colors in the charts

You can change the colors that are used to identify the different fields in the visual representations in CICS® PA.

About this task

Each type of report in CICS PA that has a visual representation, such as a bar graph or pie chart, uses color coded fields.

To change those colors, you can use the following procedure. You can also access the Chart colors pane from hyperlinks in some visual representations.

Procedure

  1. From the workbench menu, click Window > Preferences to display the Preferences window.
  2. Click CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS > Appearance > Chart colors.
  3. In the Chart colors pane, click the report that contains the field you want to change.

    A list of fields and their current colors for the selected report are displayed.

  4. Click the field that you want to change.

    A preview is displayed in the Chart colors pane.

  5. Click Change.
  6. Use the Color dialog to select the new color and click OK.
  7. Click Apply to save the change.
  8. Repeat the previous steps for any other colors you wish to change.
  9. When your changes are complete, click OK.

Results

The color change is applied to the relevant graphs and charts. To restore the default colors at any time, open the Preferences window and the Chart colors pane, then click Restore Defaults.