Using an XSTOUT global user exit program to filter statistics records

About this task

There is one global user exit point (XSTOUT) in the CICS® statistics domain. The exit is started before the contents of a statistics data buffer are written to SMF. At this exit, the following information is available:
  • The address of the statistics buffer
  • The length of the statistics buffer
  • The address of the statistics type.

This applies to all five types of statistics: interval, end-of-day, requested, requested reset, and unsolicited statistics.

If you write a global user exit program to be started at this exit, you can examine this information and tell CICS either to write the contents of the buffer to SMF or to suppress its output.

For more information about global user exits in general, and about the statistics exit in particular, refer to Global user exit programs.