This tutorial is designed to get you started using the dialog to
request form-based transaction performance reports.
Before you start, define your initial set of systems and SMF data
files to CICS PA.
Refer to the instructions in Defining systems and files.
The basic steps for performance reporting are:
- Request reports to run against SMF data for defined
systems
- Submit your report requests to run in batch
- View the report output
- Tailor the report format using Report Forms (optional)
- Filter the report data using Selection Criteria (optional)
- Use Record Selection to create SMF extract files for more efficient
processing (optional)