CICSplex Transaction Times for Task attribute group

The CICSplex Transaction Times for Task attributes report where the time was spent during the life of this transaction, based on data collected by the CICS Monitoring Facility.

1st Dispatch Delay Is the total time (in seconds) that this transaction waited prior to first dispatch.

3270 Partner Wait Time Indicates the amount of elapsed time (in seconds) for which this transaction waited for the 3270 bridge partner transaction to complete.

CICS Region Name Is the name that identifies a CICS region. The format is an eight-character string.

CPU Time Indicates the amount of accumulated CPU time (in seconds) used by this task.

DB2 Connection Wait Time Is the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction waited for a DB2 connection.

DB2 Readyq Wait Time Is the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction waited for a DB2 thread to become available.

DB2 Wait Time Indicates the amount of time (in seconds) for DB2 to service the requests issued by this transaction.

Dispatch Time Indicates the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction spent dispatched on a CICS TCB. The value includes QR TCB Elapsed Time and Other TCBs Elapsed Time.

Dispatchable Wait Time Indicates the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction waited as a result of giving up control to another task.

Elapsed Time Indicates the amount of time (in seconds) this transaction had been executing at the time this information was collected (current time minus transaction start time).

Exception Wait Time Is the accumulated time (in seconds) that this transaction waited on exception conditions.

File I/O Wait Time Is the accumulated time (in seconds) that this transaction waited for file I/O.

Global ENQ Delay Indicates the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction waited for a CICS Task Control global ENQ.

IMS Wait Time Indicates the amount of time (in seconds) for DBCTL to service the IMS requests issued by this transaction.

Interval Control Wait Indicates the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction waited as a result of using the EXEC CICS DELAY command (for a time interval or a specific time of day) or the EXEC CICS RETRIEVE command with the WAIT option.

J9 TCB CPU Time Is the processor time (in seconds) during which this transaction was dispatched by the CICS dispatcher domain on a CICS J9 mode TCB.

JC I/O Wait Time Indicates the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction waited for journal or MVS logger I/O requests to complete.

JVM Elapsed Time Is the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction spent in a Java Virtual Machine.

JVM Initialization Time Indicates the elapsed time (in seconds) spent initializing the JVM environment.

JVM Reset Time Indicates the elapsed time (in seconds) spent in JVM cleanup between uses of the JVM by Java programs.

JVM Server Thread Wait Indicates the elapsed time (in seconds) that this transaction waited to obtain a JVM server thread because the CICS system had reached the thread limit for a JVM server in the CICS region.

JVM Suspend Time Indicates the elapsed time (in seconds) for which this transaction was suspended by the CICS dispatcher while running in the JVM.

JVM(J8) TCB CPU Time Indicates the processor time (in seconds) during which this transaction was dispatched by the CICS dispatcher domain on a CICS J8 mode TCB.

Key 8 TCB CPU Time Indicates the processor time (in seconds) during which this transaction was dispatched by the CICS dispatcher on a CICS Key 8 mode TCB.

Key 8 TCB Elapsed Time Indicates the total elapsed time (in seconds) during which this transaction was dispatched by the CICS dispatcher on a CICS Key 8 mode TCB.

Key 9 TCB CPU Time Indicates the processor time (in seconds) during which this transaction was dispatched by the CICS dispatcher on a CICS Key 9 mode TCB.

Key 9 TCB Elapsed Time Indicates the total elapsed time (in seconds) during which this transaction was dispatched by the CICS dispatcher on a CICS Key 9 mode TCB.

LE(L8) TCB CPU Time Indicates the processor time (in seconds) during which this transaction was dispatched by the CICS dispatcher domain on a CICS L8 mode TCB.

Local ENQ Delay Indicates the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction waited for a CICS Task Control ENQ.

Lock Manager Delay Indicates the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction waited to acquire a lock on a resource.

LU 6.1 Terminal I/O Wait Indicates the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction waited for control at this end of an LU 6.1 link.

LU 6.2 Terminal I/O Wait Indicates the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction waited for control at this end of an LU 6.2 link.

Max tasks delay Indicates the amount of elapsed time (in seconds) waiting for the first dispatch, which was delayed because of the limits set by the the system parameter, MXT, being reached.

MAXOPENTCBS Delay Time Indicates the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction waited to obtain a CICS TCB, because the region had reached the limit set by the system parameter.

MRO Wait Time Indicates the amount of elapsed time (in seconds) that this transaction waited for control at this end of an MRO link.

Origin Node The combination of z/OS System ID (SMFID) and CICS region name. The format is a string.

Other TCBs CPU Time Indicates the amount of processor time (in seconds) that this transaction was dispatched on each CICS TCB.

Other TCBs Elapsed Time Is the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction spent dispatched on CICS TCBs other than the QR TCB.

Program fetches wait Indicates the amount of elapsed time (in seconds) in which this transaction waited for fetches from DFHRPL or dynamic LIBRARY concatenations.

QR TCB CPU Time Indicates the amount of processor time (in seconds) that this transaction was dispatched on the CICS QR TCB.

QR TCB Elapsed Time Is the elapsed time (in seconds) that this transaction spent dispatched on the CICS QR TCB.

QR TCB wait-for-dispatch Indicates the amount of elapsed time (in seconds) that this transaction waited for redispatch on the CICS QR TCB.

Re-Dispatch Wait Time Is the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction waited between the completion of a request and being redispatched by CICS.

RLS CPU Time Is the amount of SRB CPU time (in seconds) that this transaction spent processing VSAM Record Level Sharing file requests.

RLS File I/O Wait Indicates the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction waited for RLS file I/O to complete.

RMI Elapsed Time Is the total amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction spent in all task-related user exits (TRUEs) invoked by this transaction using the Resource Manager Interface (RMI).

RMI Suspend Time Indicates the total elasped time (in seconds) that this transaction was suspended by the CICS dispatcher while in the CICS Resource Manager Interface (RMI).

RO TCB CPU Time Is the processor time (in seconds) during which this transaction was dispatched by the CICS dispatcher on the CICS RO mode TCB. The CICS RO mode TCB is used for opening and closing CICS data sets, loading programs, issuing RACF calls, and other functions. This field is a component of the task CPU time field and the task miscellaneous TCB CPU time field.

RO TCB Elapsed Time Indicates the amount of elapsed time (in seconds) during which this transaction was dispatched by the CICS dispatcher on the CICS RO mode TCB.

RRMS/MVS Wait Time Indicates the amount of elapsed time (in seconds) in which this transaction waited indoubt using resource recovery services for EXCI.

Shared TS I/O Wait Time Indicates the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction waited for asynchronous shared temporary storage requests to complete.

Socket I/O Wait Time Indicates the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction waited for socket I/O activities to complete.

SOCKET Outbound Wait Indicates the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction waited on outbound sockets.

SOCKET receive wait Indicates the amount of elapsed time (in seconds) that this transaction waited for control at this end of an IPIC connection.

SS(S8) TCB CPU Time Indicates the processor time (in seconds) during which this transaction was dispatched by the CICS dispatcher domain on a CICS S8 mode TCB.

Syncpoint elapsed time Indicates the amount of elapsed time (in seconds) that this transaction was dispatched and was processing syncpoint requests.

System ID The four-character name that uniquely identifies an active MVS operating system within a given CICSplex.

T8 TCB CPU time Indicates the amount of processor time (in seconds) that this transaction was dispatched by the CICS dispatcher domain on a CICS T8 mode TCB.

T8 TCB obtain delay Indicates the amount of elapsed time (in seconds) that this transaction waited to obtain a T8 TCB, because the CICS system reached the limit of available threads.

Task Number Is the number sequentially assigned by CICS to uniquely identify each task.

TC I/O Wait Time Indicates the elapsed time in seconds) for which this transaction waited for input from the terminal operator, after issuing a RECEIVE request.

TCB Change Mode Delay Indicates the elapsed time (in seconds) that this transaction waited for redispatch after a CICS Dispatcher change-TCB mode request was issued by or on behalf of this transaction.

TCB create delay Indicates the amount of elapsed time (in seconds) that this transaction spent waiting because no TCB was available and a TCB was not created because of MVS storage constraints.

TCB Mismatch Time Indicates the elapsed time (in seconds) that this transaction spent in TCB mismatch waits.

Total Wait Time Is the total amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction spent waiting (suspended). It includes the times reported in the attributes: 1st Dispatch Delay, Re-Dispatch Wait Time, Total I/O Wait Times, and Total Other Wait Times.

Transaction class delay Indicates the amount of elapsed time (in seconds) waiting for first dispatch, which was delayed because of the limits set for the transaction class of this transaction, TCLSNAME (166), being reached.

Transaction ID Is the four-character name of the transaction.

Transient Data I/O Wait Indicates the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction waited for VSAM transient data I/O activities to complete.

TS VSAM I/O wait time Indicates the amount of elapsed time (in seconds) that this transaction waited for VSAM temporary storage I/O.

WAIT EXTERNAL Wait Time Indicates the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction waited for one or more ECBs as a result of using the EXEC CICS WAIT EXTERNAL ECBLIST command.

Wait for a JVM TCB Indicates the amount of elapsed time (in seconds) that this transaction waited to obtain a CICS JVM TCB (J8 or J9 mode), because the CICS system reached the limit set by the system parameter, MAXJVMTCBS.

WAITCICS and WAIT EVENT Indicates the amount of time (in seconds) that this transaction waited for one or more ECBs (as a result of using the EXEC CICS WAITCICS ECBLIST command) or for the completion of an event by the same or another task (usually as a result of using the EXEC CICS WAIT EVENT command).