Using historical databases for trend analysis

The CICS PA historical database (HDB) is a repository of statistics and performance related data for your CICS® systems.

The CICS PA HDB dialog provides a fully managed environment from where you can control all aspects of the collection and reporting of CICS statistics and performance data.

Implementing a statistics and performance data warehouse requires a considerable investment. Careful planning is required to ensure that the data you collect today is useful in the long term to measure CICS performance trends and workloads to help you plan for the future. It is important to be familiar with HDB features and capabilities before embarking on implementation.

Refer to the CICS PA User's Guide to learn about:
  • Building a history of CICS transaction activity from CMF performance class data
  • Collecting CICS TS, CICS TG and CICS Server statistics
  • Generating customized reports to meet your various reporting requirements
  • Extracting to DB2® tables or CSV files for external analysis