Rocket C\Prof

Rocket C\Prof for VS Code is used to request profiling of CICS® transactions in active regions and display the results.

Contents

• Requirements
• Getting Started
• Extension Settings
• Features

Requirements

• VS Code 1.120.0 or later
• Access to a C\Prof REST API instance

Getting Started

1. Install the extension from the Visual Studio Marketplace
2. The C\Prof icon appears in the Activity Bar — click it to start the extension
3. Open Settings and set cprof.apiuri to your C\Prof REST API endpoint (e.g., http://<host>:<port>/cprof-rest/api)
4. Click on the Log In Button or run the C\Prof: Log On command from the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P)
5. Enter your username and password when prompted
6. After authentication, regions will be listed on the sidebar

Extension Settings

Features

Region List

• CICS regions are listed in the sidebar
• Group/ungroup regions by clicking on the toggle button located at the upper right corner of the sidebar
• View transaction profiling sessions by selecting the region from the sidebar
• Open a region transaction filter by clicking on the filter icon located to the right of the region name

Sessions

• Start a new profiling session
• View the list of transactions collected by a session

Region Filter

• Specify the criteria for selection – identification, performance thresholds, alerts
• View the transactions that match the filter criteria

Transactions

• A Transaction List can be requested from a Session or the Region Filter
• Select a transaction in the list to view its application events and timeline
• Click on Program Analysis located at the upper right corner to view the graphical charts