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Transaction Group Definitions

Transaction groups are used for CICS and IMS to group similar transactions together for monitoring purposes. These transactions can be for the same application or performance profile. With CA Cross-Enterprise APM, these groups are available for metric viewing and dashboard creation.

The IMS and CICS groups can consist of one or many transactions. Groups that are created in CA SYSVIEW automatically appear in CA APM in the next metric update interval.

GROUPS Command

The GROUPS command enables you to create IMS transaction groups in a CA SYSVIEW region.

IMS transaction groups are defined across all IMS subsystems you want to have them configured in, not per IMS subsystem.

The following example shows the panel that the command displays:

Cmd  Group    Type     Exclude  Member                  Description            
____ ?AddGrp  ?type    n/a      n/a                     ?description           
____ ALERTS   TRAPDEST INCLUDE  ?AddMember              SNMP trap destinations
____ CICSMAIL EMAIL    INCLUDE  ?AddMember              CICS Alert email list  
____ .        .                 RAINER.JAENICKE@CA.COM  .                      
____ CICSWILY PORTLIST INCLUDE  ?AddMember              Wily APM portlist      
____ .        .                 15029                   .                      
____ HCHKCMON CICSPLEX INCLUDE  ?AddMember              Health Check monitored
____ .        .                 *                       .                      
____ IMSMAIL  EMAIL    INCLUDE  ?AddMember              IMS Alert email list   
____ IMSTSF   IMSID    INCLUDE  ?AddMember              CA Chorus - TSF IMS IDs
____ .        .                 *                       .                      
____ .        IMSTRAN  INCLUDE  ?AddMember              CA Chorus - TSF IMS Tra
____ .        .                 *                       .                      
____ IMSWILY  PORTLIST INCLUDE  ?AddMember              Wily APM portlist      
____ .        .                 15029                   .                      
____ MQSMAIL  EMAIL    INCLUDE  ?AddMember              WebSphere MQ Alert emai

The first line enables you to add a group. The values that are prefixed with a question mark (?) indicate type-over fields.

To create an IMS transaction group

1. Complete all the type-over fields. The following fields have special requirements:

   Group

   Defines a name for the group.

   Limits: Seven characters

   Type

   Specifies the group type. Specify IMSTRAN for an IMS transaction group.

   Press Enter.

   The panel is refreshed to show the new group with the Member field primed for input.

2. Enter a name of a transaction that you want to add to the group in the Member field.

   The panel is refreshed to show the added transaction member.

3. Repeat Step 2 for each transaction that you want to add.

Repeat this procedure for each group you want to create.

CGROUPS Command

The CGROUPS command enables you to create CICS transaction groups.

To see all the monitored CICS regions on the system, enter CGROUPS SYS on the command line.

The following example shows the panel that the command displays:

Cmd  Jobname  Group    Type     Exclude  Member                           Descr
____ P$OMC41T ?AddGrp  ?type    n/a      n/a                              ?desc
____ QACQ410  ?AddGrp  ?type    n/a      n/a                              ?desc
____ QACQ420  ?AddGrp  ?type    n/a      n/a                              ?desc
____ P$OMC41T ALERTS   TRAPDEST INCLUDE  ?AddMbr                          ENF T
____ QACQ410  ALERTS   TRAPDEST INCLUDE  ?AddMbr                          ENF T
____ QACQ420  ALERTS   TRAPDEST INCLUDE  ?AddMbr                          ENF T
____ P$OMC41T CICS     CICSTRAN INCLUDE  ?AddMbr                          CICS
____ .        .        .                 CEBR                             .    
____ .        .        .                 CECI                             .    
____ .        .        .                 CEDA                             .    
____ .        .        .                 CEMT                             .    
____ QACQ410  CICS     CICSTRAN INCLUDE  ?AddMbr                          CICS
____ .        .        .                 CEBR                             .    
____ .        .        .                 CECI                             .    
____ .        .        .                 CEDA                             .   

Each monitored CICS region has its own line. The line enables you to add a group to a region. The values that are prefixed with a question mark (?) indicate type-over fields.

To create a CICS transaction group

1. Complete all the type-over fields. The following fields have special requirements:

   Group

   Defines a name for the group.

   Limits: Seven characters

   Type

   Specifies the group type. Specify CICSTRAN for a CICS transaction group.

   Press Enter.

   The panel is refreshed to show the new group with the Member field primed for input.

2. Enter a name of a transaction that you want to add to the group in the Member field.

   The panel is refreshed to show the added transaction member.

3. Repeat Step 2 for each transaction that you want to add.

Repeat this procedure for each group you want to create.