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Select Trace Duration, Agent Filters, and Start Trace

After entering the CICS or IMS filters, on the Transaction Trace screen, continue by entering the trace duration and Agent Filters. At the end of this procedure, start the trace.

Trace Duration

Allows you to set the maximum mount a time in minutes a trace session can take.

Agent Filters

Allows you to select which agent to trace.

You can apply different filters to the front-end application transactions, and the back-end z/OS transactions. In this case one or more transaction traces can be run simultaneously where each selects different agents. For example, use a duration filter on the front end traces, while using the Microsecond Lifetime filter on the back-end traces.

Follow these steps:

  1. Enter the trace session duration in minutes.

    Values: Numeric

    Default: 10

  2. Click either the Trace all supported Agents or Trace Selected Agents check box.
    Trace all supported Agents

    Traces supported agents that are currently connected, and any that connect during the Trace session.

    Default

    Trace selected Agents

    Select agents from the list. Use CTRL + click to select multiple agents.

  3. Click OK to start the Transaction Trace session.

    The Transaction Trace Viewer opens.

You have now set the filter criteria for: