CHFILE view


To display general historical information about a task’s resource usage:

  • Hyperlink from the
    • File Data field on the EZCSHIST view
    • Files Used by Txn field on the CHISTDIO view
  • Issue the following command:

    CHFILE [*[regionName]]

    where * is a placeholder, and regionName is the name of a CICS region.

Warning

Note

When you enter the CHFILE command, the view lists all resources used by tasks that ended within the current MainView TIME duration.

The CHFILE view is displayed.

CHFILE view

ddmmmyyyy  hh:mm:ss ------ MAINVIEW WINDOW INTERFACE(Vv.r.mm)-----------------
COMMAND  ===>                                                 SCROLL ===> PAGE
CURR WIN ===> 1        ALT WIN ===>                                           
W1 =CHFILE============BCVDS71D=*========)ddmmmyyyy==hh:mm:ss===MVCICS===D==
Task    CICS   Lcl Task   Lcl Task Tran   File     File   Count   Time
Num    System  End Date   End Time  ID    Name     Type
19929 BCVDS71D 24JUN2016  09:21:04 MQGT QTS.4.QU MQSERIES     1    0.0000
19920 BCVDS71D 24JUN2016  09:20:25 TSN1 TSMCOM1N      DB2     7   10.2163
19913 BCVDS71D 24JUN2016  09:20:14 TSN1 TSMCOM1N      DB2     7    0.0012
19916 BCVDS71D 24JUN2016  09:20:13 ADA1 L1026248  ADABASE    21    6.2792
19916 BCVDS71D 24JUN2016  09:20:13 ADA1 R1026248  ADABASE    12    3.1338
19916 BCVDS71D 24JUN2016  09:20:13 ADA1 S1026248  ADABASE    20    1.0641
19916 BCVDS71D 24JUN2016  09:20:13 ADA1 T1026248  ADABASE    20    1.0503
19916 BCVDS71D 24JUN2016  09:20:13 ADA1 U1026248  ADABASE    20    1.0468
19916 BCVDS71D 24JUN2016  09:20:13 ADA1 V1026248  ADABASE    10    0.0001
19909 BCVDS71D 24JUN2016  09:20:13 ADA1 L1026248  ADABASE    21    6.2892
19909 BCVDS71D 24JUN2016  09:20:13 ADA1 R1026248  ADABASE    12    3.1438
19909 BCVDS71D 24JUN2016  09:20:13 ADA1 S1026248  ADABASE    20    1.0480
19909 BCVDS71D 24JUN2016  09:20:13 ADA1 T1026248  ADABASE    20    1.0503
19909 BCVDS71D 24JUN2016  09:20:13 ADA1 U1026248  ADABASE    20    1.0465
19909 BCVDS71D 24JUN2016  09:20:13 ADA1 V1026248  ADABASE    10    0.0003  

 

Usage notes

The records are displayed from newest record to oldest record, based on the detach time of the tasks.

When hyperlinking on the File Name field, the actual view displayed depends on the record’s file type as indicated in the File Type field:

  • A value of CICS FCT displays the CHFILEDF view.
  • A value of MQSERIES displays the CHFILEDQ view.
  • A value of DB2 displays the CHFILEDD view.
  • A value of DBCTL displays the CHFILEDL view.

Related views

The following views are part of the CHFILE family of views.

 

View

Description

CHFILEQ

To display the Quick Menu for history file views, hyperlink from the Task Num field on the CHFILE view.

CHFILED

To display file usage detail information about the selected task, hyperlink from the Lcl Task End Date field on the CHFILE view.

CHFILEDF

To display CICS file usage details, hyperlink from the File Name field on the CHFILE view.

CHFILEDQ

To display MQ Series queue usage details, hyperlink from the File Name field on the CHFILE view.

CHFILEDD

To display CICS file usage details, hyperlink from the File Name field on the CHFILE view.

CHFILEDL

To display CICS file usage details, hyperlink from the File Name field on the CHFILE view.

CHFILEZ

To display summarized information based on the File Name field, enter the SUM command from the CHFILE view.

 

 

 

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