Attributes
Tivoli Enterprise Portal gathers data from remote agents running on systems within your CICS network. It stores this data for OMEGAMON for CICS on z/OS in elements called attributes. Each attribute is a characteristic of an object. For example, CICS Region Name is an attribute for a specific CICS region.
- Attribute groups
- OMEGAMON for CICS on z/OS attributes are grouped into numerous attribute groups of related items. For example, the attributes in the CICS Service Class Analysis group gather information about response time, transactions, and performance data. These attributes correspond to the column names in the table views and the items in the various graphic displays for bar charts and so forth.
- Attributes and workspaces
- You can view the data reported for the attributes in the tables
and charts displayed in the OMEGAMON for CICS on z/OS workspaces.
This data enables you to:
- Manage all CICS regions from a single point to identify problems at any time
- Balance workloads across various regions
- Track performance against goals
For an understanding of how individual attribute groups relate to workspaces, see Attribute groups used by the predefined workspaces.
- Attributes and situations
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Various attributes are used in the predefined situations for the product. You can also use the CICS attributes in your own situations to monitor the performance of a single CICS region or multiple regions. These situations can monitor one aspect of your enterprise or analyze multiple conditions to alert you to problems and their causes.
Note: The following attribute groups might be displayed in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Query Editor and Situation Editor, however, they cannot be used to create user-defined queries or situations and should be ignored:- PCLASS (CICSplex Classification Rules)
- CICSplex TEMS LIST
- CICSplex Service Class Raw