The Affinities Reporter consists
of a batch job that converts the affinity data collected by the Collector
into reports presenting the data in a readable format. It can also
be used to create a file of affinity-transaction-group definitions
in a syntax approximating the batch API of CICSPlex® SM. This file is used as input
to the Builder component.
The
files
of affinity data produced by the Collector are the input to the Affinities
Reporter. Depending
on how you configure the Affinities
Reporter job,
the output might be, for example:
- A listing of possible transaction-system affinities for a particular CICS® region, naming the transactions
and programs involved, and the affinity relations and lifetimes
- A file of affinity-transaction-group definitions
If the affinity data files are shared by multiple regions, you
can run one
Reporter job
to produce a report showing affinities, for example, inter-transaction
affinities, found in either of the following:
- A single, specified, region
- All of the regions
If, however, each monitored region has its own, region-specific,
affinity data files, each Affinities
Reporter job
always retrieves data for a single region; to retrieve data from multiple
regions, you must run your job multiple times, against the relevant
affinity files for each region in which you are interested.