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Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS

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Need for a summary of WLM Stored Procedures using Collateral DB2

Using the APA collateral function for DB2 (CDB2 Collateral DB2 activity), APA is able to follow the path to any Stored Procedure (SPC) and will observe the stored procedures. The report is only based on a by WLM SPC. There is an urgent need to hav...
almost 12 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 1 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...
over 4 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Delivered

Include WLM/RMF data in APA Report

Measuring batch jobs with APA, we often observe system state "queued". That is the TCB is dispatchable, but not is not getting dispatched.APA should collect data from WLM/RMF to show WLM service class, capping status during measurement and (RMFIII...
almost 10 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 4 Delivered

Addition of DB2 group name to create a Specific Stored Procedure Request

When creating a Specific Stored Procedure Request, APA could give the option to specify a DB2 Group name rather than (or in addition to) a specific DB2 subsystem name. Currently the parameters for a Specific Stored Procedure Request must include a...
over 10 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 3 Delivered

New Timeline report that combines information from MQ, DB2, and IMS.

Combine information from the IMS, DB2, and MQ reports into a single report.
over 10 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 3 Delivered

Create an MQ Time Line report

Provide an MQ Timeline similar in nature to the IMS and DB2 Timeline reports.
over 10 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 4 Delivered

Add a job statement line to the Report JCL Submission

The Report JCL Submission pop only allows three lines for the job statements. We have a customer who requires a minimum of four lines.Please add a line to the Report JCL Submission screen.
over 10 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 2 Delivered

APA java source program mapping

A03 - Java Source Program Mapping PANEL allows you to specify information needed by the Source Program Mapping (SPM) feature for Java programs. Information needed by SPM is the file path name prefix pointing to a directory where java class sources...
almost 11 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 3 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...
over 5 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 2 Delivered

APA function to be able to observe multiple batch jobs with generic jobname

Customer Daimler and other T-System SO customers are scheduling multiple batch Jobs at once. This can be up to 50 jobs. The jobnames are generic and their suffix is not know before. They need a way to set up new observations by gegeric jobnames (i...
over 12 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 2 Delivered