CICS PA Explorer overview

The CICS PA Explorer is an Eclipse plugin that operates on top of the IBM CICS Explorer to help you analyze CICS performance data.

The CICS Monitoring Facility (CMF) produces performance class data, which is formatted as comma separated variable (csv) files using the CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS. The csv files are then imported into the CICS PA Explorer for analysis.

Using the CICS PA Explorer, you can perform the following tasks:

Next steps:
  • If you are new to the Eclipse interface, you can go to the Basic tutorial topic in the CICS Explorer User Guide, to learn how to use perspectives and views. Alternatively you can use the Search bar to find specific information in this help.
  • If you are familiar with the Eclipse interface, you can go to the CICS PA Explorer basic tutorial section in this user guide to learn how to use CICS PA Explorer.
  • For further help on Eclipse, see the Eclipse Workbench User Guide.