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Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS

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add support for system symbols to APA CS Extension

need support for system symbols to APA CS Extension
over 2 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

Filter APA reports in order to limit the scope to the run-unit below a specified program called/linked within a CICS trnx

In order to associate the consumption analysis of selected CICS transactions to the business functionalities, it's mandatory for this customer to filter APA outputs selecting the subset of transactions where a given program is called/linked. The c...
about 3 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 2 Delivered

Download Reports Dialog Error Unintuitive for Multi-Step Observations

When attempting to download reports in the Eclipse GUI, if you right-click the ReqNum in a multi-step report the following "error" window appears (also see image): "XXXXX skipped, observation missing a dataset. Check log for details." It looks lik...
almost 4 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Delivered

Customer requests that APA makes Sysplex Merging possible

Customer requests that APA makes Sysplex Merging possible Client would like to be able to merge and enlarge a Checkpoint and CDS. Specifically, the client would like to merge two APAPLEXs (APAPLEX and APBPLEX), with two Checkpoint DSs and a CDS DS...
about 4 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Delivered

More intuitive Java source mapping

APA allows mapping on Java source; however the path that needs to be specified for the mapping is counter intuitive. I'd like that the path becomes simpler and more intuitive to use. Please also refer to PMR 16500,758,758 and PMR 35445,758,758. Ba...
about 5 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 2 Delivered

APA - Report msgclass job modification

This RFE is being opened after PMR 36275.122.000.n APA, after running a measure, selecting S on the measure, then option A02, then hit enter, it will show a job, panel called "Report JCL Submission", Where does this job information comes from? Whi...
almost 6 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

APA 14 NEW or TNEW OBSERVATIONS JOBNAME CNTL

APA should be modified to permit administrative control over what JOBNAME format can be used to enter NEW or TNEW measurements. Today users can specify JOBNAME formats to include multiple jobs. (i.e. TQQT%) While this may be a desirable, some user...
about 6 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

Update message in list of line commands menu

It indicates the line command (YELLOW) can also be entered. I know the column is labeled LineCmd. However, a customer pointed out that his emulator is customized with different colors which makes this notation incorrect.
about 6 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

Add PF8 (Next Page) instruction in list of line commands menu

In ISPF, when putting a "/" at the request number, a list of line commands comes up. Customer did not see the line command that offered from the manual in that menu and complained about it. I randomly tried to press PF8 just to see if it would go ...
about 6 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

Add an "About" page to APA

Having a panel with information about the product can be useful, especially when supplying information for a PMR.
over 6 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Delivered