Analyzing transactions

You can analyze transactions shown in the Transaction view in a number of ways. The list of transactions includes the transactions in which programs are running and transactions that are the results of interactions; that is, they are CICS resources of type TRANSID.

About this task

To see the applications, regions, transactions, or programs where a transaction is used, right-click the transaction name then click the appropriate menu option. To see the resources that a transaction uses, right-click the transaction name then click Uses Resources.

You can analyze transactions using a different approach. This task describes how to determine what transactions use a particular file in a particular region.

Procedure

  1. In the Regions right-click the Region that you want to analyze and click Show Files. The files for that region are shown in the Show Resources view.
  2. In the Show Resources view expand Resource type (FILE) and the files for the region are listed.
  3. Right-click the file name and click Used By Transactions and Specific Region. You can then select the region that you want to search. The transactions using FILE window which shows the file name in the window title. Then you can select a region to search, the regions shown are only those where dependency data exists. Select the required region and click OK, or you can click cancel. There is also a tick box that will search all Regions if checked.
  4. The results of the search are shown in the Used By view.Used By window that shows the Transactions that use the particular file in a particular region.