SYSVIEW | GRAPH Command Does Not Find Variables
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Issue/Introduction
The HELP for GRAPH says:
Command Syntax GRAPH source jobname variable { rsce1 } { rsce2 }
source: The source of the data to be displayed. Valid are: MVS Data from MVS data collector. CICS Data from CICS data collector. etc
jobname: The specific jobname or ssid associated with the source type. Source MVS NONE CICS JOBNAME of region
variable:The name of a variable or metric.
rsce1: Specific resource to the specified variable
See: VARS rsce2 same as rsce1
VARS shows the following data:
Owner Group Subgroup Variable Resourc1 Resourc2 Description
MVS WMSYSSUM WMSYSSUM WLMPI wmsyssum WLM performance index
MVS WORKLOAD WORKLOAD WLSMIPS workload MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second)
. . . WLSMSOSU workload MSO service units
With that information, information being received from the command "GRAPH MVS WLMPI", is incorrect, returning:
GRPH002E*Requested variable was not found
Status NoSRT NoLIM SEL NoDST NoPFX NoOWN NoUPD NoPRT NoCAP
Source Variable Stg Description
MVS WLMPI NO WLM performance index (it finds the variable's description...)
Thinking this could be an issue with WLM-related variables, another attempt was made, issuing "GRAPH WLM WLMPI" and this time, a com completely unrelated response was returned, showing the source as "WLM"
CICS005W CICS monitor is not active in job WLM ASID * ----------------
Status NoSRT NoLIM SEL NoDST NoPFX NoOWN NoUPD NoPRT NoCAP
Source Variable Stg Description
WLM WLMPI WLM performance index
How can GRAPH be corrected to find the variables?
Environment
Release : 17.0; 16.0
Component : SYSVIEW
Cause
When issuing WMSYSSUM, the "Workload" and "ClassTyp" would be used for input into the GRAPH command, along with "Per" and "Imp". WMSYSSUM has a line command PLOT that assists in what is needed to fill in when issuing the WLMPI.
Since the PI refers to the performance index, users need to verify the entry which the GRAPH command is being issued for contains a value in the Index column.
Resolution
- Issue "WMSYSSUM", then enter "PLOT" on one of the lines where the index value is present, it will plot the data.
- Enter "LISTLOG" to view the format of the PLOT command that was actually issued.
- From that format, replace the PLOT with GRAPH when issuing the intended GRAPH command
Additional Information
- The missing PlotMbr that aren't in the PLOTLIB are generated from the code that is next to that VARIABLE
- While an officially-supported line command for GRAPH doesn't yet exist (like PLOT), users have the ability to create a custom line command - emulating the intent of a GRAPH line command.
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