CICS Degradation Variables

This section describes variable information for class TRANsaction on system CICS.
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This section describes variable information for class TRANsaction on system CICS.
While the information in this topic remains supported, it has been deprecated in favor of newer variable definitions.
Syntax:
[CICS] [
record
-
type
] TRANSACTION
variable
-
name
ID Options
Use any interval transaction variable with the following ID options:
  • CICSREL
  • JOBNAME
  • STARTTIME
  • ENDTIME
  • SYSID
The following table provides variable information for the CICS system with a variable class of transaction:
Record Type
Variable Name
SMF Subtype
Description
INTerval
CPUtime
23, 28
Average CPU time, in seconds
INTerval
DB2CWT
23, 28
Average DB2 connection wait time, in seconds
INTerval
DB2RQWT
23, 28
Average DB2 ready queue wait time, in seconds
INTerval
DB2WT
23, 28
Average DB2 wait time, in seconds
INTerval
IRSPtime
23, 28
Average non-terminal response time, in seconds
INTerval
I/Otime
23, 28
Average time, in seconds, spent waiting for I/O
INTerval
LIFEtime
23, 28
Average transaction lifetime, in seconds
INTerval
SUSPtime
23, 28
Average time, in seconds, spent suspended
INTerval
TCPUtime
23, 28
Total CPU time for the transaction including user, CICS, and
SYSVIEW
time
INTerval
TMIOtime
23, 28
Average time, in seconds, spent waiting for terminal
INTerval
USE
23, 28
Number of transactions executed
INTerval
WTRtime
23, 28
Average time, in seconds, spent waiting to run