Several different sub-systems are used by CIS customers in their daily operations at Texas A&M University. These sub-systems have all shown growth over the past 3 years, especially in the areas of number of customers accessing the systems, and the number of transactions completed by the systems. A transaction is the process of pressing ENTER on a keyboard and having the information requested displayed on the screen. Graphs are presented below which show the growth on each of these systems/applications:
CICS-BPP
CICS-SIMS
CICS-REG
CLAIM
FAMIS
other NATURAL applications
IMS-BPP
The graphs for application data are updated by the tenth day of the month at bi-monthly intervals.
- Last update: February 14, 2007
- Last update: February 6, 2007
To view a list of the strategic applications and the sub-systems that support these applications, please see this link: Application Definitions
CICS-SIMS
The CICS-SIMS sub-system supports the SIMS application for the Admissions and Records Department in addition to general SIMS access.
- Average Host Response time for the CICS-SIMS application by Month.
- Transaction Breakdown for the CICS-SIMS application
- Average Number of Customers accessing CICS-SIMS per Month
- Total Number of CICS-SIMS Transactions per Month
- Average Number of Transactions per Hour by Month
CICS-REG
The CICS-REG sub-system supports the SIMS Telephone Registration application. The sub-system also supports the terminal registration process in the Pavilion during the 5 day period preceding the first day of class.
- Average Number of Customers accessing CICS-REG per Month
- Transaction Breakdown for the CICS-REG application
- Total Number of CICS-REG Transactions per Month
CLAIM (formally ACCESS)
The CLAIM sub-system supports the CLAIM allocation and account management sub-system.
- Transaction breakdown for the CLAIM application
- Average Number of Customers accessing CLAIM per Month
- Average number of transactions per hour
- Total number of CLAIM transactions per month
FAMIS
In March 2002, the FAMIS application was moved from the CICS-NATURAL sub-system to a dedicated CICS sub-system.
- Transaction breakdown for the FAMIS application
- Average Number of Customers accessing FAMIS per Month
- Average Host response time of FAMIS transactions
- Total number of FAMIS transactions per month
other NATURAL
The NATURAL sub-system supports these applications: the Automated Bookkeeping System used by TAES and TAEX, an application for the Office of the Texas State Chemists, and an application for the Physical Plant.
In March 2002, the FAMIS application was moved from the CICS-NATURAL sub-system to a dedicated
CICS sub-system. The number of transactions completed and the number of
customers using the NATURAL sub-system has dropped significantly for that reason.
The CICS-BPP, application was implemented into production on April 30, 2001, The CICS-BPP sub-system supports the Budget and Payroll Processing (BPP) application.
Prior to April 30, 2001, the IMS-BPP sub-system supported the Budget and Payroll Processing (BPP) application. It also supported the Research Foundation application until September '95.
CPU Utilization
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CICS-BPP
IMS
Total Transactions by Month
Total Transactions by Month
CPU Utiliztion