Specifying region-specific options: timers

A timer controls the times and dates at which dependency data, affinity data, or both are collected in a CICS® region.

After the Collector is started, the timer automatically pauses and resumes data collection at specified times. You can override the actions of the timer: see Pausing the collection of data and Resuming the collection of data. However, the timer continues to operate and to pause and resume the collection of data at the specified times.

The timer does not pause or resume data collection exactly on the hour when data is being collected on multiple regions, to minimize contention for shared resources.

Do one of the following: Start of changeEnd of change
The Time and Date Options screen, CIU280, shown in Figure 1, is displayed.
Figure 1. Collector Time and Dates Options screen, CIU280
 CIU280   CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS - V3R1M0             2011/02/09
                  Time and Date Options for                           12:21:38PM
           CICS Sysid   : TLS4     CICS Applid   : IYCLZC04                     
                                                                               
 Modify the options and press Enter to update or F12 to Cancel.                
                                                                              
Start of changeHour slots: Y=Yes, N=No, A=Affinity, I=Interdependency, B=Both, or BLANK   
 Month, Day, and Week slots: Y=Yes, N=No or BLANK                        End of change     
                                                                              
 Hour of day: 0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24  1  
               _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  
                                                                              
 Day of week: Mon  Tue  Wed  Thu  Fri  Sat  Sun   2                               
               _    _    _    _    _    _    _                                 
                                                                              
 Day of month: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1  3 
               _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  _ 
                                                                               
                                                                               
 Month of year: Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec    4   
                 _    _    _    _    _    _    _    _    _    _    _    _       
                                                                                
 CICS Sysid:  TLS4   CICS Applid:  IYCLZC04   TermID:  TC23                     
                                                                                
 F1=          F2=           F3=Exit      F4=          F5=          F6=          
 F7=          F8=           F9=          F10=         F11=         F12=Cancel   

Notes:

The Hour slots and Month, Day, and Week slots are used to specify whether or not the timer is to be active during this time period and what type of data to collect. When the control file is first created, the system default value for all of the slots is Y (Yes), but you might have modified it since.

Start of change 1 Hour of dayEnd of change

Start of changeSpecify the type of data to collect or specify a blank, to use the default value in the CICS IA control file. The types of data values are as follows: End of change

Start of change 2 Day of weekEnd of change

Start of changeSpecify Y (Yes) or N (No), or specify a blank to use the default value in the CICS IA control file.End of change

Start of change 3 Day of monthEnd of change

Start of changeSpecify Y (Yes) or N (No), or specify a blank to use the default value in the CICS IA control file.End of change

Start of change 4 Month of yearEnd of change

Start of changeSpecify Y (Yes) or N (No), or specify a blank to use the default value in the CICS IA control file.End of change

Note: If you are editing the DEFAULTS record, you cannot specify a blank for any of the slots.
Example:

You want the Collector to run every Monday between 1 and 2 a.m. for the next year collecting affinity data. Set 1-2 to A and all the other Hour of day slots to N. Set Mon to Y and all of the other Day of week slots to N. Set all the Day of month and Month of year slots to Y.