CICSplex Transaction File Details attribute group

The CICSplex Transaction File Details report attributes provide detailed resource information about the files a transaction has accessed. Use the CICSplex Transaction File Details attributes to determine whether the transaction is issuing too many file requests, which might indicate an error in the transaction or a transaction waiting too long to get requests serviced.

Access Method Count Is the file access method request count.

Add Requests Is the number of PUT (that is, ADD) requests issued by this transaction. The valid format is a floating-point number, accurate to three decimal places.

Add Total Time Is the total time (accurate to three decimal places) of file ADD requests issued by this transaction. The value can be entered in the hh:mm:ss.ddd format, for example, 00:20:00.567 or as sssssss.ddd, for example, 1200.567. If you are using variable substitution, the value in this example would display as 1200567.

Browse Requests Is the number of GETNEXT and GETPREV requests issued by this transaction.

Browse Total Time Is the total time (accurate to three decimal places) of file BROWSE requests issued by this transaction. The value can be entered in the hh:mm:ss.ddd format, for example, 00:20:00.567 or as sssssss.ddd, for example, 1200.567. If you are using variable substitution, the value in this example would display as 1200567.

CFDT I/O Wait Time Is the total time (accurate to three decimal places) that this transaction has been waiting for access to the Coupling Facility Data Table (CFDT). The value can be entered in the hh:mm:ss.ddd format, for example, 00:20:00.567 or as sssssss.ddd, for example, 1200.567. If you are using variable substitution, the value in this example would display as 1200567.

CFDT I/O Waits Is the number of times that this transaction has been waiting for access to the Coupling Facility data table (CFDT).

CICS Region Name Indicates the job name or modify ID of the CICS region being monitored. Each CICS region in a z/OS operating system has a unique name. This name is an alphanumeric string, with a maximum of eight characters, and case-sensitive. CICS region names are always in uppercase characters.

Del Requests Is the number of file DELETE requests issued by this transaction.

Del Total Time Is the total time (accurate to three decimal places) of file DELETE requests issued by this transaction. The value can be entered in the hh:mm:ss.ddd format, for example, 00:20:00.567 or as sssssss.ddd, for example, 1200.567. If you are using variable substitution, the value in this example would display as 1200567.

File Name Is the file name or data set name.

Get Requests Is the number of file GET requests issued by this transaction.

Get Total Time Is the total time (accurate to three decimal places) of file GET requests issued by this transaction. The value can be entered in the hh:mm:ss.ddd format, for example, 00:20:00.567 or as sssssss.ddd, for example, 1200.567. If you are using variable substitution, the value in this example would display as 1200567.

Origin Node The combination of z/OS System ID (SMFID) and CICS region name. The value format is an alphanumeric string, maximum 32 bytes, and case-sensitive.

When a situation is true, the system compares the origin node name in the attribute to the names of managed systems assigned to the item. If the origin node name matches the name of a managed system, the status of the item changes accordingly. If the names of the origin node and the managed systems do not match, the status of the item remains unchanged.

Put Requests Is the number of file PUT requests issued by this transaction.

Put Total Time Is the total time (accurate to three decimal places) of file PUT requests issued by this transaction. The value can be entered in the hh:mm:ss.ddd format, for example, 00:20:00.567 or as sssssss.ddd, for example, 1200.567. If you are using variable substitution, the value in this example would display as 1200567.

RLS Mode Wait Time Is the amount of time (accurate to three decimal places) that this transaction has waited for access to a RLS Mode file. The value can be entered in the HH:MM:SS.DDD format, for example, 00:20:00.567 or as SSSSSSS.DDD, for example, 1200.567. If you are using variable substitution, the value in this example would display as 1200567.

RLS Mode Waits Is the number of time that this transaction has waited for access to a RLS Mode file.

System ID Indicates the four character name that uniquely identifies an active z/OS operating system within a given CICSplex. The value format is an alphanumeric string, maximum four characters, and case-sensitive. z/OS System IDs are always in uppercase characters.

Task Number Is the number sequentially assigned by CICS to uniquely identify each task.

Total File I/O Wait Count Is the total number of times that this transaction has waited for access to a file.

Total File I/O Wait Time Is the total time (accurate to three decimal places) that this transaction has waited to access a file. The value can be entered in the HH:MM:SS.DDD format, for example, 00:20:00.567 or as SSSSSSS.DDD, for example, 1200.567. If you are using variable substitution, the value in this example would display as 1200567.

Total File Requests Is the total number of requests that this transaction has made for access to all files.

Total Request Time Is the total time (accurate to three decimal places) that this transaction has been waiting to have access to all files. The value can be entered in the HH:MM:SS.DDD format, for example, 00:20:00.567 or as SSSSSSS.DDD, for example, 1200.567. If you are using variable substitution, the value in this example would display as 1200567.

Transaction ID Is the four-character name of the transaction.