CICSplex Transaction Timings attribute group

The CICSplex Transaction Timings attributes report where the time was spent during the life of this transaction, based on data collected by the CICS Monitoring Facility. Use the CICSplex Transaction Timings attributes to find which timing is a large percent of the transaction response time, then determine which conditions might cause the timing to be excessive.

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.

CPU Time Indicates the amount of CPU time (accurate to two decimal, places) used by the transaction. The value can be entered in the HH:MM:SS.DD format, for example, 00:20:00.56 or as SSSSSSS.DD, for example, 1200.56. If you are using variable substitution, the value in this example would display as 120056.

Dispatch Time Indicates the amount of time (in thousandths of a second) that this transaction spent dispatched on a CICS TCB. It includes QR TCB Elapsed Time and Other TCBs Elapsed Time attributes.

Elapsed Time Indicates the time elapsed, accurate to three decimal places, since the transaction was attached. 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. See the online help for more details on variable substitution or inputting values in situations and filters.

Exception Wait Time Is the accumulated time (in thousandths of a second) that this transaction waited on exception conditions.

First Dispatch Delay Is the total time (accurate to three decimal places) that this transaction waited prior to first dispatch. 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.

JVM Elapsed Time Is the amount of time (accurate to three decimal places) that the transaction spent in a Java Virtual Machine. 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 Is 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.

Other TCBs Elapsed Time Is the amount of time (accurate to three decimal places) that this transaction spent dispatched on CICS TCBs other than the QR TCB. 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.

Program Load Elapsed Time Indicates the time (accurate to three decimal places) that this transaction waited for program library fetches from DFHRPL. 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.

QR TCB Elapsed Time Is the elapsed time (accurate to three decimal places) that this transaction spent dispatched on the CICS QR TCB. 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.

Re-Dispatch Wait Is the amount of time (accurate to three decimal places) that this transaction waited between the completion of a request and being re dispatched by CICS. 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 CPU Time Is the amount of SRB CPU time (accurate to three decimal places) that this transaction spent processing VSAM Record Level Sharing file requests. 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.

RMI Elapsed Time Is the total amount of time (accurate to three decimal places) that this transaction spent in all task-related user exits (TRUEs) invoked by the transaction using the Resource Manager Interface (RMI). 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.

Syncpoint Elapsed Time Indicates the amount of time (accurate to three decimal places) that this transaction spent processing syncpoint requests. 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.

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.

Time in Suspend Is the total amount of time (accurate to three decimal places) that this transaction spent waiting (suspended). It includes the times reported in the attributes: 1st Dispatch Delay, Re-Dispatch Wait, Total I/O Wait Times, and Total Other Wait Times. 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 I/O Wait Times Is the total amount of time (accurate to three decimal places) this transaction waited as a result of I/O operations. The value can be entered in the HH:MM:SS.DDD format, for example, 00:20:00.567 or as SSSSSSSS.DDD, for example, 1200.567. If you are using variable substitution, the value in this example would display as 1200567.

Total Other Wait Times Is the total amount of time (accurate to three decimal places) that this transaction waited other than what is reported in the attributes Total I/O Wait Times and Exception Wait Time. 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.