Combining CICS and IBM MQ performance data

Use this topic as a reference to the combination of IBM MQ and CICS performance data.

The common IBM MQ SMF header type accounting record section, QWHCTOKN, is used to correlate CICS type 110 SMF records with IBM MQ type 116 SMF records.

CICS generates an LU6.2 unit-of-work token, for each CICS task. The token is used to generate an accounting token that is written to QWHCTOKN in the correlation header of subtype zero records.

Details are also written to the WTIDACCT section in subtype 1 and 2 records. The accounting token enables correlation between CICS and IBM MQ performance data for a transaction.

Parent topic: Interpreting IBM MQ for z/OS accounting data