CTRNCLA view


To display general information about the transaction classes defined to CICS, issue the following command:

CTRNCLA [target [className]]

where target is the specific or generic name of a target CICS region, and className is the specific or generic name of a transaction class.

The following view is displayed:

CTRNCLA view

ddmmmyyyy  hh:mm:ss ------ MAINVIEW WINDOW INTERFACE (Vv.r.mm) ----------------
COMMAND  ===>                                                 SCROLL ===> PAGE
CURR WIN ===> 1        ALT WIN ===>                                            
 W1 =CTRNCLA==========(BCVDVPC==*=======)ddmmmyyyy==hh:mm:ss====MVCICS===D===34
CMD  Class    Target   Max  Pur Tran  <--- Active --->  <--- Queued --->  Purge
---   Name             Act  Thr  Cnt  Curr  Total  HWM  Curr  Total  HWM  Total
    DFHCOMCL BCVCD650   10    0    2     0      0    0     0      0    0      0
    DFHCOMCL BCVCD640   10    0    2     0      0    0     0      0    0      0
    DFHEDFTC BCVCD650   10    0    0     0      0    0     0      0    0      0
    DFHEDFTC BCVCD640   10    0    0     0      0    0     0      0    0      0
    DFHTCIND BCVCD650   10    0    0     0      0    0     0      0    0      0
    DFHTCIND BCVCD640   10    0    0     0      0    0     0      0    0      0
    DFHTCL00 BCVCD640  100  N/A  N/A     3    298    5   N/A      0  N/A      0
    DFHTCL00 BCVCD650  100  N/A  N/A     2    298    4   N/A      0  N/A      0
    DFHTCL01 BCVCD640    1    0    3     0      0    0     0      0    0      0

 

Usage notes

  • The CTRNCLA view shows a summary of active and queued user tasks for each transaction class defined to CICS. The summary includes the average number of user tasks for each class during the most recent reporting period, the threshold set for the maximum user tasks for each class, and the highest number of concurrently active user tasks for each class.
  • DFHTCL00 is a special class reserved by IBM for transactions that are not assigned to a transaction class. Some of the data that is presented for DFHTCL00 differs from the data for other transaction classes. For a description of the CTRNCLA fields as they apply to DFHTCL00, see DFHTCL00-values.

Actions

The CTRNCLA view supports the following line command action:

 

Line command

Description

SET

changes the value in a modifiable field to the new value that you type in that field

In transaction class views, the following fields are modifiable:

  • Max Act (Maximum Active Tasks)
  • Pur Thr (Queue Purge Threshold)

Note

Be sure the field contains exactly the value that you want before pressing Enter to issue the SET command. You must clear the field of any other data to prevent it from being passed as part of the new value.

 

Related views

The following views provide additional transaction class information.

 

View

Description

CTRNCLAZ

To display summarized information about the transaction classes defined to CICS, enter the SUM command on the CTRNCLA view.

The data is summarized by transaction class name. The Count field shows how many transaction classes are represented by each line of summary data. You can hyperlink from the Count field to the CTRNCLA view to expand a line of summary data.

CTRNCLAD

To display detailed information about a specific CICS transaction class, hyperlink from the Max Act field of the CTRNCLA view.

The CTRNCLAD detail view supports the same line command action as the CTRNCLA view.

CTRNCLAQ

To display a Quick Menu of detailed information about a specific CICS transaction class and related resources, hyperlink from the Class Name field of the CTRNCLA view.

CTRNCLAR

To display resource signature information for a transaction class, hyperlink from the Resource Signature field of the CTRNCLAQ view.

 

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