Editing a service class's classification rules

A service class's classification rules identify the CICS transactions associated with a particular service class. To add classification rules to a new service class, complete these steps:

  1. Within the Service Classes window, select the service class whose classification rules you want to define, and click Edit Rule .

    The Rule Editor window is displayed.

    Figure 11. The Rule Editor window for assigning a new service class's classification rules
    This graphic shows the Rule Editor pop-up window when used to assign classification rules to a new service class.
  2. Right-click the Rule entry in the left pane, and select one of the following transaction-selection criteria from the menu:
    TranID
    You are including transactions in this service class based on their transaction names.
    LUname
    You are including transactions in this service class based on the VTAM terminal that invoked them.
    UserID
    You are including transactions in this service class based on the user ID associated with them.
    CICSname
    You are including transactions in this service class based on the CICS region that is running them.
    Figure 12. The Rule action menu
    This graphic shows the Rule pop-up action menu where you choose the criterion by which you're identifying transactions for inclusion in this service class.
  3. Within the Input window, list the CICS transactions, VTAM terminal IDs (that is, LU names), userIDs, or CICS region names you want to assign to this service class:
    Figure 13. The Input window where you define the test strings for a criterion
    This graphic shows the Rule Entry window where you specify the test strings for the CICS transactions, VTAM terminal IDs, userIDs, or CICS region names that your new rule applies to.

    To specify multiple test strings for the same criterion, separate them with commas. You can specify an asterisk as a wildcard character that matches zero, one, or more occurrences of random characters; thus, CICSname = '*SR' means the rule applies to all CICS regions whose name ends in "SR". Similarly, UserID = 'T*R,GR*' means the rule applies to all userIDs that begin with "T" and end with "R" plus all userIDs that begin with "GR".

    When finished specifying the test strings to assign to this criterion, press the OK button.

  4. To add an additional criterion to your rule, right-click the Rule entry or the existing selection criterion you want to apply it to, and select the new criterion type.
    Figure 14. The Rule Editor window where you select an additional rule criterion
    This graphic shows the pop-up action menu for adding an additional criterion to a service class's classification rules.
  5. When you have finished defining the rules for this service class, click Save.
Note:
A service class is not completely defined until you assign its classification rules. The Save button remains grayed out until you complete this step.

To edit a service class's existing classification rules, complete these steps:

  1. Within the Service Classes window, select the service class whose classification rules you want to update, and click Edit Rule.

    The Rule Editor window is displayed and shows the service class's existing classification rules.

    Figure 15. The Rule Editor window for editing a service class's existing classification rules
    This figure shows the Rule Editor pop-up window where you edit the classification rules assigned to a service class.
  2. In this window, you can add a new criterion, update the test strings assigned to an existing criterion, or delete a criterion.
  3. When you have finished updating the rule for this service class, click Save in the Rule Editor window.

After you have defined the appropriate classification rules for your service classes, your next step is usually to define one or more service policies for your CICS environment and to activate one of them; see Adding or editing a service policy and activating a service policy.