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Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS

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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...
over 3 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 2 Delivered

APA support to summarize observation data over multiple addresspaces

Most customers do observations for multiple regions at once (since they do not know in what region applications will be schedules. To be able to diagnose problems, they need the observation values for the full application / middle ware regions. Th...
over 11 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

add support for system symbols to APA CS Extension

need support for system symbols to APA CS Extension
about 3 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

Requesting ADABAS / Natural support in IMS

Request for ADABAS / Natural support in IMS
about 8 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Delivered

Provide the possibility to use system symbol definitions in the CAZCNFG0

There is a need to have system symbol definitions to ease the use in a complex z/OS environment with several PLEXes
almost 11 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

Allow customization/addition of columns in Observation List

I would like to see other columns from the Session profile in the observation list. Duration, #samples, CPU active samples, system ID. Both in the ISPF and Eclipse based GUI.
almost 10 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 2 Delivered

Allow full job name in job name mask when creating multi-job measurements

Allow the specification of full job name (8 characters) when creating multi-job measurements using the % wild card character in the job name mask.Documentation in this area needs to be clarified.
over 7 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Delivered

Add ASID as match criteria for scheduling feature

The scheduling feature has restrictions that prevent multiple concurrent requests on the same jobname entered by the same user. ASID is not part of the match criteria.
over 7 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...
over 4 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 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.
about 7 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Delivered