Interpreting z/OS WLM Change State PB service codes

The WLM Change State Performance Block (PB) service is used to show the current state of the transaction.

The PB service codes are interpreted as follows for IMS:

State
Description
Active
The transaction is executing an application program.
Free
This is not reported by WLM.
Idle
The transaction is waiting for work.
Waiting - I/O
IMS waiting on I/O (IMS initialed I/O).
Waiting - Lock
IMS waiting on a lock request.