Using the CICS Monitor Exit Interface › Use the Assembler Macro Interface Coding Method › Stop Timing a File or Database Request

Stop Timing a File or Database Request

Many CICS transactions make file or database requests that are not performed using CICS functions.

The stop clock function request does the following:

• Lets the transaction communicate the non-CICS file requests to the MEI
• Records the elapsed time of the request
• Optionally, records the request type

Pair this stop clock MEI request with the start clock request to start the timing of the request.

Use the following assembler GSVCMEI macro STOP_CLOCK example to code this function:

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DFHEISTG	    DSECT ,
MEIPL		    GSVCMEI GEN_PARMLIST,DSECT=NO
module   DFHEIENT
	 GSVCMEI STOP_CLOCK		 Stop clock
	 EXEC CICS RETURN