Attributes

Tivoli Enterprise Portal gathers data from remote agents running on systems within your CICS network. It stores this data for OMEGAMON XE for CICS on z/OS in elements called attributes. Each attribute is a characteristic of an object. For example, CICS Region Name is an attribute for a specific CICS region.

Attribute groups
OMEGAMON XE for CICS on z/OS attributes are grouped into numerous attribute groups of related items. For example, the attributes in the CICS Service Class Analysis group gather information about response time, transactions, and performance data. These attributes correspond to the column names in the table views and the items in the various graphic displays for bar charts and so forth.
Attributes and workspaces
You can view the data reported for the attributes in the tables and charts displayed in the OMEGAMON XE for CICS on z/OS workspaces. This data enables you to:

For an understanding of how individual attribute groups relate to workspaces, see Attribute groups used by the predefined workspaces.

Attributes and situations

Various attributes are used in the predefined situations for the product. You can also use the CICS attributes in your own situations to monitor the performance of a single CICS region or multiple regions. These situations can monitor one aspect of your enterprise or analyze multiple conditions to alert you to problems and their causes.

Note:
Certain attribute groups are not available for use in situations; these are not listed when you invoke the situation editor.