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CICSPA post processing programming language for user fields

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Question

I am using CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS (CICS PA) V5.4 with user fields in our MCT. Can I perform post processing logic using programing languages like SAS?

Answer

CICS PA can report on user fields, but does not provide an integrated scripting language to perform custom logic processing on user fields in the Monitoring control table (MCT) or any fields.

CICS PA does allow you to load the data (including user fields) into the Historical Database (HDB) which can be exported to a DB2 data base. Once the data is in DB2, it can be processed with application logic.

You can also export the HDB data as a .csv file for importing into a spreadsheet for post processing.

Here are some topic links within the CICS PA V5.4 documentation describing how to select MCT character user fields, create an HDB template, and export it to DB2 or CSV.

I hope these links help!

Bill Bulfin
CICS PA Level2 Support

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Product Synonym

CICSPA CICS PA;CICS/TS CICSTS CICS TS CICS Transaction Server

Document Information

Modified date:
27 August 2018

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