The IA Operations view shows a list of collectors that are defined for an IA Collector
connection. You must have at least one IA Collector connection that is configured to work with
collectors. Contact your system administrator for details of the collector connections to
use.
- You can view collectors that are available from any current IA
Collector connection.
- You can change the state of collectors that are available from
any current IA Collector connection, for example, started, paused
or stopped.
- You can edit options for the command flow collector.
IA Collector connections are displayed in a tree structure, where
each top level represents a separate configured IA Collector connection.
For more information about creating a configuration and connecting,
see Configuring a CICS IA Collector connection.
For an IA Collector connection that is configured but is not currently
connected, only the name of the connection is listed.
For each currently connected IA Collector connection, the regions and users are listed:
- The regions section shows all the regions that can be controlled by the collector through that
connection.
- The users section shows all users that are currently connected to that connection.
You can have more than one current IA Collector connection, which
means that you can work with connections on multiple regions without
needing to change connections.
The state of the collector for the listed regions and users is
indicated by the color of the small round icon on each user and region
icon, as follows:
- Green: The collector for the region or user is running.
- Yellow: The collector for the region is paused.
- Red: The collector for the region or user is stopped.
- Gray: The state of the collector cannot be determined (for example,
the collector connection is not available, or the collector connection
is active but there is no such region defined).
When you select a region or a user, information about the selected
collector is displayed in the Properties view.
Controlling the command flow collector
You
can use the icons in the toolbar to control the command flow collector
as follows:
- Start Collector. Start the collector if it is stopped.
- Stop Collector. Stop the collector if it is running.
- Pause Collector. Pause the collector if it is running. This option is available for a region,
but not for a user.
- Continue Collector. Start the collector again if it is paused. This option is available for a
region, but not for a user.
- Edit collector options. If the collector is stopped, view or edit the command flow collector
options for the currently selected region, or your user ID. You cannot edit the command flow options
for another user.
- Refresh. Refresh the view.
To
stop or start the command flow collector for your user ID, right-click
your user ID and click Start Collector or Stop
Collector, respectively.
To view or edit the command flow
collector options for your user ID, ensure that the collector is stopped,
then use one of the following methods to open the command flow editor:
- Double-click your user ID.
- Right-click your user ID and click Edit collector options.
- Select your user ID, then click the Edit collector
options icon in the toolbar.
The command flow editor
If the collector is stopped, you can use the command flow editor to view or edit the command flow
collector options.

You can use the command flow editor to edit the following options for the command flow for your
user ID:
- Command Flow Options
- Command Flow ID: can be up to 8 characters in length.
- Traced Terminal ID: can be up to 4 characters in length, or you can use an asterisk (*) to match
any terminal ID.
- Traced user ID: can be up to 8 characters in length.
- Records Before Stopping: the number of CICS IA journal records collected before it stopped. A
value of 0 indicates that no limit is applied.
- Tasks Before Stopping: the number of CICS tasks that are processed before it stopped. A value of
0 indicates that no limit is applied.
- Transaction Exclude List: can be up to 8 characters (only alphanumeric characters or the @, #,
or $ characters). The name of the list of transaction name prefixes to exclude. Data is not
collected for any transaction with a name that begins with a prefix in this list.
- Program Exclude List: can be up to 8 characters (only alphanumeric characters or the @, #, or $
characters). The name of the list of program name prefixes to exclude. Data is not collected for any
program with a name that begins with a prefix in this list.
- Journal
- Journal Copy Criteria: you can select LAST, USER,
or CFID (command flow ID).
- Application
- Application Filter: can be one of the following values:
- All Applications: the collector collects data for all applications. This
option disables the rest of the Application fields.
- Specific Application: the collector saves data for the specified
application only. You can specify an application name and its version.
- None: the collector ignores the application filter. This option disables
the Application fields.
- Application Name: can be up to 64 characters long. The name cannot start with a space.
- Major/Minor/Micro versions: used to define the exact version of application specified. The
values must be in the range 0000 - 9999.
- Transaction List
- Transaction List: can be up to 4 characters in length.
- You can enter up to five separate transaction IDs.
- Misc
- Dynamic Call: you can select Y or N.
- User Exit Name: can be up to 8 characters in length.
- Region Applid List
- These APPLIDs specify the regions where the command flow is started.
- You can enter up to 15 CICS APPLIDs.
Any text that you enter is changed to uppercase characters. The values are not checked for
content. They are only checked for the number of characters.
If you change a query but do not save it, when you try to start your user ID, a warning is
displayed so that you can avoid the data loss. When the editor closes, a warning is displayed and
you can choose whether to restore the editor with the unsaved changes, or ignore the warning and
lose the changes.
You
cannot open the command flow editor when the collector is running;
the corresponding button is disabled automatically when it starts.
If the command flow editor is open and you can open the IA Operations
view and click start, a warning is displayed and you can choose whether
to stop the collector and save the command flow changes. You can use
the editor to change some values, but you cannot save the changes
until you stop the collector. If you attempt to save the changes while
the collector is still running, a warning message is displayed. Click Yes on
the warning message to stop the collector, or click No to
return to the editor.
The application filter
You can select applications in the CICS IA plug-in as you can on the host system
with the CINT and CINC transactions. In the command flow editor, set the Application
Filter to Specific Application and click the Application Filter
button
. A window opens where you can select the applications that you require.
You can select an application from the list, or enter
a partial name in the Filter by Application Name field.
To further
refine your selection, you can also enter your requirements in the
optional fields Major version, Minor
version, and Micro version. The
matching applications are listed in the table. Select the appropriate
row and click OK.