Displaying active sessions

Active sessions can be viewed by first selecting an IMS™ Connect system or group followed by selecting the Sessions tab.

Before you begin

To display activity for a system, event collection must be active. For more information, see "System Definition" in the IBM IMS Connect Extensions Users Guide.

Procedure

  1. Open an IMS Connect system or group using the Navigation view. See Browsing systems.
  2. Select the Sessions tab. The Sessions tab is located at the bottom of the editor. If you enter active sessions from a group, all components within that group are displayed.
  3. Select a tab at the top of the display to view the active sessions. The following views are available:
    All Sessions
    All active sessions across OTMA, ODBM and MSC.
    OTMA Sessions
    Display only the Open Transaction Manager Access (OTMA) sessions.
    ODBM Sessions
    Display only the Open Database Manager (ODBM) sessions.
    MSC
    Display only the Multiple Systems Coupling (MSC) sessions
  4. Select from the following additional options:
    Session wait time (seconds)
    List only those sessions waiting for longer than the specified time.
    Include persistent sockets
    When checked, this option will include all persistent sockets in the resulting list, even if they are in the READ PREPARE (idle) state. Active persistent sockets are always displayed, regardless of setting.
    Display Limit (total sessions)
    Limit the number of results returned to the specified value.
    After you have selected a value, force a refresh by clicking the Refresh Refresh the Display icon button.
  5. Optional: To refresh the list of sessions automatically every 20 seconds, click the Refresh icon Auto button so that it displays Auto Off. To stop the display being automatically refreshed, click the Refresh icon Auto button again.
  6. Use the following additional features to aid your analysis:
    Adjust table columns
    To sort a column by value, click the column heading. To change the column ordering, drag it to its new position. You can adjust the width of a column by dragging it to the desired width.
    Right click on the table for the following additional options:
    • To restore the display, right-click anywhere in the table and select Reset List to Default Layout.
    • To hide columns, select Hide Blank Columns or Hide all-Zero Value Columns (columns for which the value is zero for all displayed IMS Connects). To reset the display, select Show all Columns.
    • To save a customized layout, select Manage list layout.
    Find values
    Use the Find Next ( Find the Value After Current Position icon ) and Find Previous ( Find the Value Before Current Position icon ) buttons in the toolbar to search for a text string in the displayed list.
    Filter values
    Click the Filter button ( Manage/Define List Filters icon ) and then click Manage filters to define selection criteria so that only matching systems and components are displayed or highlighted. To toggle a filter on or off:
    1. Click the Filter button ( Manage/Define List Filters icon ).
    2. Click the name of the saved filter.
    3. Select Activate or Deactivate.
    Summarize and group data
    Use the Summarize/Group button ( Summarize/Group icon ) to generate a summary table according to fields you select, and then display records matching the summary filter. For more information, see Summarize results.
    Export data
    Use the Export button ( Export icon ) to export all of the displayed data to a CSV file.
    Save the display
    Click the Save ( Save the Current Display icon ) button in the toolbar to save the current editor layout. You can redisplay this layout later by selecting it from the -- Saved Displays -- dropdown.