CICS Performance Analyzer Preferences

Use the CICS® Performance Analyzer Preferences page to change the chart colors and to determine which analysis categorizations to show.

Chart colors

Click Appearance > Chart Colors to change the default color settings for the fields used in the charts.

In the following example the Response time category is expanded and shows the default color settings for each field.

The CICS performance Analyzer page showing the three report categories with their check boxes all checked, and the color settings for each field in the charts.

You change the color of a field by performing the following steps:

  1. Click the field color you want to change. The Preview pane is displayed.
  2. Click Change to open the Color palette.
  3. Select the new color and click OK. The Preview pane shows the color selected.
  4. Click Apply to accept the change, then OK to close the Preferences page and apply the color change. You can restore the default colors at any time by clicking the Restore Defaults button in the CICS Performance Analyzer Preferences page.

Categorization enablement

Use the Categorization enablement dialog to restrict the types of analysis to display. For example, if you clear the Storage categorization as shown in the following example screen capture, the storage analysis is not available for selection when analyzing the data.

A screen capture of the Preferences view showing the Categorization enablement dialog with the Storage categorization not selected