Time periods - PERIODEF

The Time period definition (PERIODEF) views display information about the time periods used with resource monitoring and real-time analysis to designate when when specific actions are to start and stop.

Supplied views

To access from the main menu, click:

Administration views > RTA analysis point monitoring > Time periods

Table 1. Views in the supplied Time period definitions (PERIODEF) view set
View Notes
Time period definitions

EYUSTARTPERIODEF.CREATE

 Create a new time period definition.
Time period definitions

EYUSTARTPERIODEF.DETAILED

 Detailed information about a selected time period definition.
Time period definitions

EYUSTARTPERIODEF.REMOVE

 Remove a time period definition from the data repository.
Time period definitions

EYUSTARTPERIODEF.TABULAR

 Tabular information about all time period definitions within the current context.

Actions

Table 2. Actions available for PERIODEF views
Action Description
CREATE Create a new time period definition.
REMOVE Remove a time period definition from the data repository.
UPDATE Change an existing time period definition.

Fields

Table 3. Fields in PERIODEF views
Field Attribute name Description
Last modification agent CHANGEAGENT The change agent identifier that made the last modification.
  • DREPAPI - Resource was last changed by a CICSPlex SM API command.
Last modification agent release CHANGEAGREL The CICS release level of the agent that made the last modification.
Last modification CHANGETIME The local date and time when the definition was last changed.
Last modification user ID CHANGEUSRID The user ID that made the last modification.
Time created CREATETIME The local time when the definition was created.
Description DESC A description of the period definition.

Input Values: 1- to 58-character description

Description code page DESCCODEPAGE The code page of the description field.
End time END The time at which the period ends, in hours and minutes.

Input Values: 00:00 - 23:59

Name NAME The name of the period definition, which is unique within the CICSplex.
Start time START The time at which the period starts, in hours and minutes.

Input Values: 00:00 - 24:00

Time zone ZONE A one-character code from A to Z that identifies the time zone to which this period definition applies.

These codes represent the military ID of each of the 24 standard international time zones. Starting with Z, which is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), and moving backwards through the alphabet, the codes represent time zones to the west of GMT.

Note: A period definition that uses a time zone code of A will be applied according to the current time zone of the CMAS or CICS system that is using the definition.
Time zone adjustment factor ZONEADJ A number of minutes to be added to the time zone, for those areas that do not use a standard time zone.

This value is ignored if the time zone for the time period definition is A.

Input Values: 0 - 59