CICS PA report not excluding selected transactions

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Question

Why isn't CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS (CICS PA) excluding selected transactions when I use the CICS PA ISPF dialog to generate a report using a form where I exclude all "C*" transactions? The CICSPA generated command has a SELECT2 operand that has an EXC for "C*" as shown below...

 * Form =BADCHMDH
 * Description=Top 20 Worst Change TCB Modes
          CICSPA SMFSTART(-3,),
                  SMFSTOP(-3,)
 * Reports for Group=PRODAORS
 *             Description=A,B,C
          CICSPA IN(SMFIN001),
                 APPLID(CICSA,
                        CICSB,
                        CICSC),
                 LINECNT(60),
                 FORMAT(':','/'),
                 PRECISION(4),
             LISTX(OUTPUT(LSTX0001),
                 EXTERNAL(CPAXW001),
                 LINECNT(60),
                 SELECT2(PERFORMANCE(
                 EXC(DSCHMDLY(COUNT(0))),
                 EXC(TRAN(C*)))),
                 BY(DSCHMDLY(COUNT,DESCEND),
                    TRAN(DESCEND)),
                 LIMIT(DSCHMDLY(COUNT(20))),
                 FIELDS(DSCHMDLY(COUNT),
                        TRAN,
                        APPLID,
                        USERID,
                        STOP(TIMET),
                        RESPONSE,
                        DISPATCH(TIME),
                        DISPATCH(COUNT),
                        CPU(TIME),
                        SUSPEND(TIME),
                        SUSPEND(COUNT),
                        DISPWAIT(TIME),
                        QRMODDLY(TIME)),
                 TITLE1(
  'Top 20 Worst Change TCB Modes by Transaction ID                 '))

, but the LISTX report output still includes some CICS transactions like CISR.

  V5R2M0                                                 CICS Performance Analyzer                 
                                                         Performance List Extended                 
                                             __________________________________________________    
 LSTX0001 Printed at 12:29:25  9/14/2015 Data from 04:45:27  9/10/2015 to 23:59:58  9/11/2015      
 Top 20 Worst Change TCB Modes by Transaction ID                                                   
                                                                                                   
 DSCHMDLY Tran APPLID   Userid   Stop         Response Dispatch Dispatch User CPU  Suspend  Suspend
   Count                         Time           Time     Time     Count    Time     Time     Count 
   995200 CISR CICSB   CICSB     2:00:27.144 76485.98  19.6367   1301E3   9.0953 76466.35   1301E3 
   325460 ARAT CICSC   CICSC    13:05:40.883  28.2329  14.2462   326338   8.9779  13.9867   326338 
   264790 CISR CICSA   CICSA     2:00:26.463 76494.05  13.4788   344383   3.2585 76480.57   344383 
   263404 ARAT CICSC   CICSC    13:40:32.372  25.9513   9.1657   264324   7.3102  16.7856   264324

Answer

The problem is that the SELECT2 has two exclusion conditions specified in such a way that they were AND'd together, whereas the probable intention was for them to be OR'd. See "Selection Criteria" in Chapter 8 of the CICS PA User's Guide."

When multiple EXC or INC parameters are generated together for a single SELECT2( statement, they are processed left to right and ANDed together. If you use the ISPF dialog and insert a separate EXC for TRAN C*, the dialog will generate two separate SELECT2 statements which will be processed separately and logically ORed instead of ANDed.

Here are a couple of links in the CICS PA documentation for SELECT examples for INCLUDE/EXCLUDE and ORing:

Examples: INCLUDE and EXCLUDE sensitivity

Example: Satisfying either criteria (“OR”)

If I specify performance selection criteira on my BADCHMDH report form in the dialog and use the Insert line action and exclude the TRAN C* separately, the dialog looks like this...

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...and the JCL generated CICSPA command with 2 SELECT2( statements is as follows:

 * Form =BADCHMDH  * Description=Top 20 Worst Change TCB Modes  * Reports for System=MYAPPLID  *             Image =SYSA  *             Description=System added by take-up           CICSPA IN(SMFIN901),                  APPLID(MYAPPLID),                  LINECNT(60),                  FORMAT(':','/'),                  PRECISION(4),              LISTX(OUTPUT(LSTX0001),                  EXTERNAL(CPAXW001),                  LINECNT(60),                  SELECT2(PERFORMANCE(                  EXC(DSCHMDLY(COUNT(0))))),                  SELECT2(PERFORMANCE(                  EXC(TRAN(C*)))),                  BY(TRAN(ASCEND),                     DSCHMDLY(COUNT,DESCEND)),                  LIMIT(DSCHMDLY(COUNT(20))),                  FIELDS(TRAN,                         DSCHMDLY(COUNT),                         USERID,                         TASKNO,                         STOP(TIMET),                         RESPONSE,                         DISPATCH(TIME),                         DISPATCH(COUNT),                         CPU(TIME),                         SUSPEND(TIME),                         SUSPEND(COUNT),                         DISPWAIT(TIME),                         QRMODDLY(TIME),                         DSCHMDLY(TIME)),                  TITLE1(   'Top 20 Worst Change TCB Modes by Transaction ID                 '))

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Product Synonym

CICSPA CICS PA

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07 September 2017

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