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Monitor Definitions

A monitor definition is the set of information that CA MAT uses when taking observations and sampling an application. A monitor definition is identified by its profile name. You create a monitor definition by specifying a set of monitoring criteria. Monitoring criteria include

• A description of the monitor
• Whether a batch report is generated
• The job name of the target application
• The system on which the target is running
• The job step, procedure step, and program name to monitor
• The duration, number of observations, start delay, and time range of the monitor
• The schedule for the monitor
• Multiple monitoring sessions for a single execution of a job step
• The number of times a job step is monitored
• The names of the multiple job steps to be monitored
• Environment-specific information involving CICS, IMS, ADABAS, DB2, Natural, CA Ideal, and CA Datacom

The chapter "Setting up a Monitor Definition" describes in detail how to set up and use monitor definitions.