CICS Statistics Start of changeOnlineEnd of change Reporting Menu

CICS PA provides a flexible and powerful interactive viewer for CICS® statistics, either directly from SMF files or from historical data collected in an HDB.

To invoke the Statistics reporting dialog, select option 6 Statistics from the Primary Option Menu. Alternatively, you can enter STATS from the command line anywhere in the CICS PA dialog. The CICS Statistics Reporting Menu is displayed.

Figure 1. CICS Statistics Reporting Menu
   File  Options  Help
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                      CICS Statistics Reporting Menu                    
  Command ===> ________________________________________________________ 
                                                                        
  Select an option then press Enter.                                    
                                                                        
  _  1. SMF Files defined in Personal System Definitions                
     2. SMF Files defined in Shared System Definitions                  
     3. Historical Databases for CICS Statistics                        
     4. Process SMF File                                                
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   Filter Criteria:                          YYYY/MM/DD  HH:MM:SS
    APPLID . . . . ________       Start . . __________  ________
    Image  . . . . ____           Stop  . . __________  ________
                                                              
    Type . . . . . _  EOD  _  INT  _  USS  _  REQ  _  RRT       
 
  Options 2 and 3:                                                      
   Repository . . . . 'CICSPA.XYX.REPOSTRY'_________________________  + 
                                                                      
   F1=Help     F3=Exit     F4=Prompt   F6=Resize  F10=Actions F12=Cancel

The statistics reporting interface is the same, regardless of whether the data source is an SMF file or an HDB. Select from the following options to display a list of eligible SMF files or HDBs:

  1. The list of SMF files in your Personal System Definitions.
  2. The list of Daily SMF Files and log streams defined in Shared System Definitions.
  3. The list of Statistics HDBs defined in the Repository.
  4. An SMF File, whose data set name you specify in the accompanying field.
Notes:
  • For options 1 - 4 you can specify filter criteria to limit the CICS statistics intervals that are displayed.

    You can activate, deactivate, or change the filter later, when CICS PA displays the list of CICS statistics intervals. For details, see Set Filter.

  • For options 1 and 2, only the SMF files that meet the APPLID and Image filter criteria are selected. Then when you browse the file, the remaining filter criteria are applied to limit the statistics intervals.
  • For options 2 and 3, specify the Repository data set name that contains the Shared System Definitions or Statistics HDB definitions.
  • Start of changeFor options 3 and 4, you can perform online statistics reporting for data that is stored on disk rather than on tape. This is because online statistics reporting requires direct access rather than sequential access to the data. If the data is stored on tape, an error message is displayed when you press Enter.End of change