Who should read this information

This information is intended for managers, database administrators, system programmers, and application programmers responsible for monitoring and improving the performance of CICS® systems. It assumes that you understand basic CICS concepts and your installation's CICS systems. If you are new to MVS™, z/OS®, DFSORT, or CICS, you might want to refer to IBM® Knowledge Center when using this information and the CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS.

Before you read this information, you need to have a good understanding of how CICS works. This assumes familiarity with many of the books in the CICS Transaction Server for z/OS library. You will also need to have a good understanding of the CICS Monitoring Facility (CMF), which is described in the CICS Performance Guide.