IJ36548: THE INTEGRATION FROM CICS EXPLORER TRANSACTION VIEW TO CICS PA PLUGIN IS NOT WORKING.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The integration from CICS Explorer Transaction View to CICS PA
  is not working.
  Right click on a transaction , select Performance History ->
  Transaction Timeline. It generates an "unhandled event loop
  exception"
  .
  *** CICS Explorer Details:
  CMCI User Agent: IBM_CICS_Explorer/5.5.20.202111140452
  IBM_zOS_Explorer/3.2.17.202110212030 JRE/1.8.0_251 (Windows 8)
  !ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 0 2021-11-24 09:31:52.355
  !MESSAGE Unhandled event loop exception
  !STACK 0
  java.lang.NullPointerException
  at
  com.ibm.cics.pa.ui.menus.Timeline.getContributionItems(Timeline.
  java:56)
   at
  org.eclipse.ui.actions.CompoundContributionItem.getContributionI
  temsToFill(CompoundContributionItem.java:80)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• When using CICS Explorer 5.5 with the CICS Performance Analyzer
  plug-in 5.4 connected to a CICSplex (CMCI) and a CICS
  Performance Analyzer database, where the database contains data
  for a region that is managed by the CICSplex, an unhandled loop
  exception occurs when a transaction has been selected in the
  transaction view (in SM perspective) and the Performance History
  is selected from the context menu.  A Null Pointer Exception
  occurs in the Timeline.
  

Problem conclusion

• A Null Pointer Exception no longer occurs in the Transaction
  Timeline when the Performance History has been selected for a
  given transaction.
  .
  This fix will be made available in Version 5.4.0.9 of the CICS
  Performance Analyzer plug-in for CICS Explorer.
  .
  For installation instructions please see:
  Ordering maintenance for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer
  plug-ins
  http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21380083
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS PA EXPL PL

• Fixed component ID

  5655Y2301

Applicable component levels