
Importing sample forms
CICS PA report forms help you access all the information relating to CICS® TS that is contained in CMF Performance records and CICS TS and CICS TG information that is contained in CICS Statistics records.
Report forms allow you to design your own reports by specifying the fields to include, the order, the format of values, which summary statistics (average, total, minimum, maximum, percentile, range, or standard deviation), and what alert severity levels to include. For example, if you suspect that there is a performance problem with Transient Data, you can create a report form that focuses on that aspect of CICS performance.
A library of sample report forms is supplied with CICS PA. The samples are designed for specific purposes. For example, sample report forms TDLST and TDSUM are suggested formats to help you analyze Transient Data activity.
- Select option 3 from the Primary Option Menu. If the Report Forms data set does not exist, you
will be prompted to create it. This data set is where your report forms are stored. Press Enter to
create it.
Press Enter to create the Report Forms data set with default attributes. (Otherwise, cancel and go to option 0.3 from the Primary Option Menu to specify the data set name of your choice.)
- Select Samples > Populate Report Forms data set with sample forms in the
action bar of the Report Forms panel.
The Sample Form Search panel is displayed.
You could press Enter to see the complete list of sample report forms, but for now we will reduce the list to show only performance list report forms.
- Type / against List, and press Enter.
File Options Help ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sample Form Search Command ===> Specify searching criteria then press Enter. Search String: Performance: / List List Extended Summary Categories: Transaction Overview CPU Usage and Analysis Transaction Tracking Platforms, Applications and Policy Channels and Containers Usage Transaction Communications Activity Transaction Storage Usage Transaction Data Access Top Lists and Distributions Web and Web Services Transaction Resource Usage Java Miscellaneous
- Enter line action S against report form ABNDLST, and press F3 to exit.
View ───────────────────────────────────────── Sample Report Forms Row 1 to 14 of 78 Command ===> Scroll ===> PAGE Select one or more Sample Report Forms then press EXIT. Name Type Description Saved S ABNDLST LIST Transaction Abend List ASSCLST LIST Association Data Analysis (V4) BTSACLST LIST CICS BTS Activity - Overview BTSRQLST LIST CICS BTS Request Activity CCLST LIST Channel Container Activity CEC5LST LIST Transaction CEC Analysis (V5) COMMWLST LIST Transaction Comms Wait Analysis CPULEXTR LIST CPU Analysis and Extract CPULST LIST Transaction CPU Analysis CPULST1 LIST Transaction CPU Analysis (1) CPUSPLST LIST Transaction CPU Analysis (V5) CPU4LEXT LIST CPU Analysis and Extract (V4) CPU5LEXT LIST CPU Analysis and Extract (V5) CPU5LST LIST Transaction CPU Analysis (V5)
The ABNDLST report form is now available for you to use, or edit further.
For more information about samples report forms refer to the Report Forms section of the CICS PA User's Guide.
