October 2009: updates to V3.1

Contains updates for the following new feature introduced by APAR PK95922:

Extract CICS® statistics to CSV files directly from SMF files
You can now extract CICS statistics to delimited text files, such as comma-separated value (CSV) files, directly from SMF files. You can then use these files with other applications, such as PC-based spreadsheets, for further processing. Previously, to extract statistics to delimited text files, you had to load the data from SMF files into a Statistics HDB, and then extract the data from the HDB.

To extract CICS statistics from SMF files, select Report Sets from the CICS PA ISPF dialog primary option menu, and then select the new Statistics option from the Extracts category. The subsequent Statistics Extract panels allow you to select the CICS statistics that you want to extract. These panels generate JCL containing the new CICSPA command operand EXTRACTSTATISTICS. For details, see Statistics extract

The corresponding extract for performance data, previously known as the Export Extract, has been renamed to Performance Data Extract (or simply Performance Extract), to better distinguish it from the new Statistics Extract. Similarly, Export in the Extracts category of a Report Set has been renamed to Performance. The CICSPA command operand EXPORT is still supported, but is now deprecated in favor of the new synonym EXTRACTPERFORMANCE.