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IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics

    Please push the results of the SMF Load jobs per table, into an IZPCA system table accessible by Cognos Analytics for reporting

    We can run a Cognos Report to see which jobs ran successfully vs not, and rows loaded/dates per target table loaded (by component or main table). This would also allow Users to see if data has been loaded to date, or that there is some sort of tec...
    15 days ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Submitted

    Values from IZPCA Report prompts do not show up when output is sent as EXCEL or PDF.

    IZPCA Reports need to include the prompt values in the report title bar (grey bar) otherwise the Reader has no clue what values were used to generate the PDF or EXCEL file.
    15 days ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Submitted

    Where is CEC Name, or machine name for a SERIAL_NO

    There are multiple reports in IZPCA/KPM/KPMZOS which have CEC in the report title and which do not actually filter on the CEC Name so that Users can see performance across the CEC or select individual MVS System IDs/LPARs afterwards. For example, ...
    15 days ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Submitted

    IZPCA / COGNOS NEW COST REPORTS TFP WITH MONETARY VALUES BASED IN MSU

    Many customers wants to know how much money they are paying by LPAR, WORKLOAD and SERVICE/REPORT CLASS using TFP – Tailored Fit Pricing model. Nowadays, IZPCA/COGNOS has cost RESOURCE ACCOUNTING reports based in monetary values (cost of CPU second...
    10 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 8 Under review

    Add tables definition for SMF 23

    Add tables exploiting records SMF 23.
    3 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Submitted

    Include SMF Record Layout / Component for Connect:Direct (NDM)

    Some shops use Connect:Direct as default transmittion method, so have the SMF record layout already on IZPCA can help to understand the behavior of dataset transmittion between the enviroments
    6 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Under review

    Enable zEDC compression support in the SMF Extractor of ZPCA

    It would be usefull an enhancement for Z Performance and Capacity Analytics (ZPCA) to support native zEDC compression within the SMF Extractor, similar to the compression available when SMF compress records before writting to the logstream (SMFPRM...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Under review

    Add the record definition for SMF 042 sub-type 21 and the tables that exploit those records.

    Add the record definition for SMF 042 sub-type 21 and the tables that exploit those records.
    about 1 month ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Submitted

    Make the CICS_FIELD procedure automated to include new OFFSETs to the CICS-FIELD table

    When a CICS new Release is released by IBM, the IZPCA users have to update the CICS_FIELD Table executing a manual process. This is an error prone procedure; thus, we suggest the IZPCA development to adjust it to a safer process to be executed by ...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Under review

    Add Monthly Aggregated IMS Transaction Volume Tables (IMS_TRAN_M) for IMS CSQ Component

    We would like to request the addition of a monthly aggregated IMS transaction volume table for the IMS CSQ component, similar to the monthly tables currently available for other workload types such as CICS, MQ, and DB2. Current Situation: Today, I...
    about 1 month ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Submitted

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