Transaction Reports
This section describes the following reports:
- Summary Level History Report - Transaction View
- Detail Level History Report - Transaction View
- Measurement Comparison Report - Transaction View
- Cost Comparison Report - Transaction View
Summary Level History Report - Transaction View
The Summary Level History Report - Transaction View displays a list of the measurement sessions that match the filters specified on the Strobe - History - Transaction Change Sort/Filters panel. Each line in this report represents one or more iterations of a specific measurement session. The number of individual measurement sessions associated with each row is shown in the HISTORY RECS column.
The following table describes the fields in the report.
Field | Description |
|---|---|
FILTERED BY | The list of filters used to retrieve this view of the measurement session history. This field displays only the filters you specified on the Strobe - History - Transaction Change Sort/Filters panel. |
TRANSACTION NAME | A transaction, pseudo-transaction, or function name supplied by Strobe. If the name contains unprintable characters, Strobe shows it in hexadecimal notation. |
HISTORY RECORDS | The number of individual measurement session history records associated with this row. |
The following fields represent values from the last measurement session. | |
MEASUREMENT DATE | The calendar date of the last Strobe measurement included in the set of records. The format of the date depends on the date format specified by the Strobe system programmer in the Strobe parameter data set. |
MEASUREMENT TIME | The time of day of the last Strobe measurement that matches the specified filter. The format of the time depends on the time format specified by the Strobe system programmer in the Strobe parameter data set. |
TRANSACTION COUNT | This column displays the number of times a transaction was executed during the measurement session. It appears for measurements of CICS online regions, IMS Message Processing regions (MPRs), IMS Batch Message Processing regions (BMPs), or CA-IDMS online regions. |
TOTAL CPU % | The total percentage of all CPU time used within the address space by this transaction. |
AVERAGE CPU SECONDS PER TRANSACTION | The average number of CPU seconds used to execute one transaction during the measurement session. |
AVERAGE SERVICE UNITS PER TRANSACTION | The average number of service units, per transaction, for the measurement session. |
Detail Level History Report - Transaction View
The Detail Level History Report - Transaction View displays the list of measurement sessions that comprise the selected row on the summary report. Each line in this report represents a specific measurement session.
The following table describes the fields in the report.
Field | Description |
|---|---|
FILTERED BY | The list of filters used to retrieve the summary view of the measurement session history. |
TRANSACTION | A transaction, pseudo-transaction, or function name supplied by a data collector program. If the name contains unprintable characters, Strobe shows it in hexadecimal notation. |
ANNUAL FREQUENCY | The approximate number of times per year the transaction is executed. This value is used to calculate the annualized cost fields on the cost comparison reports. |
MEASUREMENT DATE | The calendar date of the Strobe measurement. The format of the date depends on the date format specified by the Strobe system programmer in the Strobe parameter data set. |
MEASUREMENT TIME | The time of day of the Strobe measurement. The format of the time depends on the time format specified by the Strobe system programmer in the Strobe parameter data set. |
JOBNAME | The name of the job under which the target program or subsystem was executed. |
STEPNAME | The name of the job step, or of the procedure step and job step, in which the program or subsystem was executed. |
PROGRAM | The name of the target program or subsystem. |
TRANSACTION COUNT | The number of times a transaction was executed during the measurement session. It appears for measurements of CICS online regions, IMS Message Processing regions (MPRs), IMS Batch Message Processing regions (BMPs), or CA-IDMS online regions. |
TOTAL CPU % | The total percentage of all CPU time used within the address space by this transaction. |
AVERAGE SERV TIME | The average processing time, in seconds, for a transaction. Service time represents the time the transaction is being processed or awaiting processing within the region. |
AVERAGE CPU SECONDS PER TRANSACTION | The average number of CPU seconds used to execute one transaction during the measurement session. |
AVERAGE SERV UNITS PER TRANSACTION | The average number of service units, per transaction, for the measurement session. |
SYSTEM ID | The MVS system name on which the measurement session was performed. |
CPU MODEL | The model number of the central processing unit (CPU) that executed the target program or subsystem. Sometimes, to understand certain aspects of performance you need to identify the manufacturer’s CPU timing information for the specific CPU identified in the measurement session. |
Detail Level History Report - Transaction View - Right Page
The right-hand page of the report displays some fields from the Detail Level History Report - Transaction View, as well as some additional information about the measurement session history record. This page only appears if you have requested to print the comments for the report. The following table describes these additional fields.
Field | Description |
|---|---|
COMMENT | The user-supplied annotation for the measurement session history record. |
HISTORIAN | The creator of the measurement session history record. The value in this field represents one of the following:
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Measurement Comparison Report - Transaction View
The Measurement Comparison Report - Transaction View shows the differences between the selected baseline measurement session and one or more comparison measurement sessions.
The following table describes the fields in the report.
Field | Description |
|---|---|
FILTERED BY | The list of filters used to retrieve the summary view of the measurement session history. |
TRANSACTION | A transaction, pseudo-transaction, or function name supplied by a data collector program. If the name contains unprintable characters, Strobe shows it in hexadecimal notation. |
ANNUAL FREQUENCY | The approximate number of times per year the transaction is executed. This value is used to calculate the annualized cost fields on the cost comparison reports. |
MEASUREMENT DATE | The calendar date of the Strobe measurement. The format of the date depends on the date format specified by the Strobe system programmer in the Strobe parameter data set. |
MEASUREMENT TIME | The time of day of the Strobe measurement. The format of the time depends on the time format specified by the Strobe system programmer in the Strobe parameter data set. |
JOBNAME | The name of the job under which the target program or subsystem was executed. |
STEPNAME | The name of the job step, or of the procedure step and job step, in which the program or subsystem was executed. |
PROGRAM | The name of the program or subsystem that was the target of the measurement session. |
TRANSACTION COUNT | This column displays the number of times a transaction was executed during the measurement session. It appears for measurements of CICS online regions, IMS Message Processing regions (MPRs), IMS Batch Message Processing regions (BMPs), or CA-IDMS online regions. |
TOTAL CPU % | The total percentage of all CPU seconds used within the address space by this transaction. |
AVERAGE SERV TIME | The average service time, in seconds, for a transaction. It appears for measurements of CICS online regions, IMS Message Processing regions (MPRs), IMS Batch Message Processing regions (BMPs), or CA-IDMS online regions. Service time represents the time the transaction is being processed or awaiting processing within the region. |
AVERAGE CPU SECONDS PER TRANSACTION | The average number of CPU seconds used to execute one transaction during the measurement session. |
AVERAGE SERV UNITS PER TRANSACTION | The average number of service units, per transaction, that Strobe observed during the measurement session. |
SYSTEM ID | The MVS system name on which the measurement session was performed. |
CPU MODEL | The model number of the central processing unit (CPU) that executed the target program or subsystem. Sometimes, to understand certain aspects of performance you need to identify the manufacturer’s CPU timing information for the specific CPU identified in the measurement session. |
BASELINE TRANSACTION | The measurement session history record with which other measurement session history records are compared. |
COMPARE TO BASELINE | The list of measurement session history records being compared with the baseline selection. The values shown in these rows are the measurement differentials (comparison minus baseline), as compared to the baseline measurement. |
Measurement Comparison Report - Transaction View - Right Page
The right-hand page of the report displays some fields from the Measurement Comparison Report - Transaction View, as well as some additional information about the measurement session history record. This page only appears if you have requested to print the comments for the report.
The following table describes these additional fields.
Field | Description |
|---|---|
COMMENT | The user-supplied annotation for the measurement session history record. |
HISTORIAN | The creator of the measurement session history record. The value in this field represents one of the following:
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BASELINE TRANSACTION | The measurement session history record with which other measurement session history records are compared. |
COMPARE TO BASELINE | The list of measurement session history records being compared with the baseline selection. The values shown in these rows are the measurement differentials (comparison minus baseline), as compared to the baseline measurement. |
Cost Comparison Report - Transaction View
The Cost Comparison Report - Transaction View displays the changes in operating costs between the selected baseline measurement session and one or more comparison measurement sessions.
Cost Comparison Report - Transaction View - Right Page
The right-hand page of the report displays some fields from the Cost Comparison Report - Transaction View, as well as some additional information about the measurement session history record. This page only appears if you have requested to print the comments for the report.
The following table describes these additional fields.
Field | Description |
|---|---|
COMMENT | The user-supplied annotation for the measurement session history record. |
HISTORIAN | The creator of the measurement session history record. The value in this field represents one of the following:
|
BASELINE TRANSACTION | The measurement session history record with which other measurement session history records are compared. |
COMPARE TO BASELINE | The list of measurement session history records being compared with the baseline selection. The values shown in these rows are the measurement differentials (comparison minus baseline), as compared to the baseline measurement. |