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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.

To import sample forms:
  1. 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.)

  2. 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.

  3. Type / against List, and press Enter.
       File  Options  Help 
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                                   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                      
  4. Enter line action S against report form ABNDLST, and press F3 to exit.
      View                                                                 
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                             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.

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