CICS-supplied accounting and monitoring information

CICS® includes several facilities to perform the tasks of accounting and monitoring. These facilities can be used to measure the use of different resources within a CICS system. The most frequently used tools are:

CICS is a multitasking address space, and CICS monitoring facilities are generally used to determine the processor time and other resources consumed by the individual transactions or functions performed by CICS.

For a full description of the CICS monitoring facilities, and details on activating, collecting, and processing this information, see the CICS Performance Guide, and the CICS Customization Guide.

For both statistics data and monitoring data, you can use an offline processing facility. CICS Performance Analyzer and Tivoli® Decision Support for OS/390® are two tools that collect and analyze data from CICS and other IBM® systems and products. They can build reports that help you with:

For more information on CICS Performance Analyzer and Tivoli Decision Support for OS/390, see the CICS Performance Guide.

Related concepts
DB2-supplied accounting and monitoring information
Accounting in a CICS DB2 environment: Overview
Monitoring a CICS DB2 environment: Overview
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