Accessing data on a database

When you have configured your database connection you can display the performance data in the CICS® PA plug-in. The data remains in the database but it is displayed as if it were in the CICS PA plug-in.

Procedure

  1. If you haven't already done so, open the CICS PA perspective.
  2. Click the Dates tooltip icon The Dates tooltip icon in the Overview view, then select the date range for the data you want to display and click OK. The data is not displayed at this time, however a list of the Applids contained in the selected date range are displayed in the Overview view.
  3. Select one or more Applids. The performance data for the selected Applids is displayed in the Sheet view with the number of records shown in parenthesis in the view tab.
  4. A list of the Transaction IDs in the selected data is shown in the Overview view. You can select one or more Transaction IDs to further reduce the scope of the data displayed.

What to do next

You can now start to perform an analysis of the data.