You can process CICS® statistics in the following ways:
- Use the CICS DFHSTUP offline utility. DFHSTUP, prepares and prints reports offline,
using the CICS statistics data recorded on the MVS™ system management facilities (SMF) SYS1.MANx
data sets. For guidance about retrieving CICS statistics from SMF, and about running
DFHSTUP, see the CICS Operations and Utilities Guide.
- Create your own statistics
reports using the DFHSTUP extract statistics reporting facility. This provides
a DFHSTUP exit that sends CICS statistics data to a user program that can process
statistics records to create tailored reports. These reports should be easy
to review on a daily basis; avoiding the need to work through large amounts
of data to determine if some corrective or preventative tuning action is required.
It should also be possible to identify the specific CICS regions, the time of day, and the type
of CICS resources that may require further specific in-depth performance
analysis. DFH0STXR is a sample program designed to exploit the extract reporting
function. You can use the sample program as supplied, or as a model on which
to base your own programs. For guidance about using the extract reporting
facility, see the CICS Operations and Utilities Guide.
- Write your own program to report and analyze the statistics. For details
about the statistics record types, see the assembler DSECTs named in each
set of statistics. For programming information about the formats of CICS statistics
SMF records, see the CICS Customization Guide.
- Use the sample statistics program (DFH0STAT). You can use the statistics
sample program, DFH0STAT, to produce online reports from the CICS statistics
data. The program demonstrates the use of the EXEC CICS INQUIRE and EXEC CICS COLLECT STATISTICS
commands to produce an analysis of a CICS system. You can use the sample program
as provided or modify it to suit your needs. For more information, see Appendix E. The sample statistics program, DFH0STAT.
- Use CICS Performance Analyzer to produce reports and extracts using CICS Monitoring
Facility performance and exception records. For more information, see CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS (CICS PA).
- Use Tivoli® Decision Support to process CICS SMF records to produce joint reports with data from
other SMF records. For more information, see Tivoli Decision Support for z/OS.

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