April 2010: updates to V3.1 for Performance Alerts

APAR PM04580 introduces Performance Alerts in CICSĀ® Performance Analyzer for z/OSĀ® V3.1, and includes the following new features and changes:

Performance Alerts
Allow you to compare CICS transaction performance against user-defined levels of acceptable performance. A Performance Alert Definition specifies a list of CICS resources to be monitored or managed, together with thresholds that benchmark expected levels of performance. The reports apply to CMF data only. You can report Performance Alerts in various ways, including By Transaction and By Transaction Summary.
New Resource Definitions menu (Primary menu option 9)
The Resource Definitions menu includes the Resource Lists and Application Grouping options and the new Performance Alerts option.
Copy alert definitions
You can now copy definitions of Statistics Alerts and Performance Alerts to the same or another repository.
Report Forms
Report Forms have been enhanced to enable Performance Alert reporting while utilizing the flexibility of Forms. List and Summary Report Forms now allow the SEV function for alert reporting fields. Existing List Forms will be automatically upgraded next time you edit them to include the new Fn (Function) column required for the new alert SEV function. In addition, the Summary Report Form supports the new ALERT field name.
Report Sets
Performance List and Summary report and extract specifications have been enhanced to include predefined Performance Alerts to work together with, or instead of, Report Forms.

Also, you can request an interval-based Performance Summary report or extract to add or override the Form summary key fields without altering the underlying Report Form.

New sample JCL members in SCPASAMP library
The sample jobs CPAPALST, CPAPASUM, CPAPAXTL, and CPAPAXTS are provided to request a List or Summary report or extract using predefined Performance Alerts.