Message Queuing Analysis workspace

The predefined Message Queuing Analysis workspace shows such data as 10 different types of request activity, busy TCBs and how the WebSphere® MQ connection for message queuing can affect operations in your CICS® environment.

The predefined Message Queuing Analysis workspace contains the following views:

  • Message Queuing Requests bar chart
  • Busy TCBs linear gauge
  • Message Queuing Analysis table view

This workspace displays data provided by the CICSplex MQ Connection Details attribute group.

The Message Queuing Analysis table view provides information about the following items:

  • The status of the MQ connection
  • Busy task control blocks (TCBs)
  • API calls logged for an MQ connection
  • The number of MQ calls that resulted in commits and backouts
  • The number of MQ calls that were successfully completed
  • The counts for specific types of MQ requests, for example, the number of calls applications issued for getting messages from the queue

It also provides a link to the Message Queuing Analysis in 3270 view of the OMEGAMON for CICS (3270) interface. When you right-click a link icon in the Message Queuing Analysis table view and select Message Queuing Analysis in 3270, you must enter your terminal session user credentials in the dialog and click OK. A terminal view is displayed within the workspace, with the appropriate details.

Note that this predefined workspace link to a 3270 session has an associated sample script. You should review the script prior to using it in your environment.

You can link to its to the Trans/PGM Statistics by Applid workspace provided by the OMEGAMON®for Messaging product's WebSphere MQ monitoring agent, with which you can obtain detailed information about the CICS usage of a queue manager, filtered by the CICS Appl Type and Appl ID columns.

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