Mean Transaction Time

The average service time for the transactions observed during the measurement interval.

The service time consists of:

Execution Time
The time a CPU is processing the transaction.
Suspend Time
The time the transaction is suspended by CICS®.
CICS Dispatch Delay Time
The time the transaction is delayed by CICS.
MVS™ Dispatch Delay Time
The time execution is delayed by the MVS dispatcher.
Service Time
The sum of the execution time, the suspend time, and the delay time.