Response threshold definition


The response thresholds provide a way to maintain statistics in a summarized IRUF that spans long periods of time.

Response threshold definitions are submitted to the TASCOSTR program with the LISTRCNT DD statement, the same stream in which control level definitions are provided to the costing process (see the IRUF-summarization).

The following table shows how to specify a response threshold statement.

Note

There are 11 response thresholds. Specify only the number of thresholds to be used, from lowest to highest, starting with threshold position 01. There are no defaults.

Position

Data element

Description

01-02

Identification

Defines what time interval is being used in the statement to define the response thresholds

  • RR expresses intervals in seconds
  • RE expresses intervals in 1/100ths of a second
  • RV expresses intervals in a mixture of seconds or fractions of seconds by using decimal points, spaces or commas, and variable column lengths

All identification types can be used together, but each one must specify a different transaction category code.

03-05

Transaction category

Indicates the transaction category code for which the response thresholds in this statement are to be used

The number of transaction categories is limited by the program's region size.

06-60 (for RR and RE)

06 and on (for RV)

Response threshold 01 to 11

A response threshold specifies a response group in which transactions will be counted

There are 11 response thresholds. Specify only the number of thresholds to be used, from lowest to highest. There are no defaults.

Each value specified is the upper limit value for the threshold. The first threshold starts at zero. Subsequent thresholds start at a number one more than the limit of the previous threshold.

  • For RR, you must specify 5 characters. Use leading zeros if needed. The maximum value is 99999. Specify up to 11 response thresholds.

    For example: RR99900015000250350004500

  • For RE, you must specify 5 characters. Use leading zeros if needed. The maximum is 999.99. Specify up to 11 response thresholds.

    For example: RE99900015000250350004500

  • For RV, the column position and length restrictions do not exist. The intervals can be from microseconds to seconds expressed by using leading zeros (optional) and decimal points and separating each response threshold value with any number of spaces or commas. The specifications can span multiple lines. Specify up to 11 response thresholds.

    For example: RV999 0.15 .25 35.0 45.0 or RV999 0.15 .25 35 45

 

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