A Group is a collection of systems that require consolidated reporting.
Instead of running a report against a particular System, you can run
the report against a Group. This provides a facility for consolidated
cross-system style reporting.
Some practical uses for Groups include:
- CICS® systems that are connected
by IRC/MRO, ISC/APPC, or IPIC — specify your TOR,
AOR, FOR and DOR regions in a Group for cross-system reporting.
- CICS systems that use DB2® — specify your CICS DOR region and DB2 subsystem in a Group for DB2 reporting.
- CICS systems
that use WebSphere® MQ
— specify your CICS region
and MQ subsystem in a Group for MQ reporting.
- CICS systems that require
System Logger reporting — specify your CICS region
and Logger systems in a Group for Logger reporting.
Systems can belong to more than one Group.
System Definitions has a Group maintenance facility that allows
you to view all the Groups that you have defined and the systems that
belong to each Group. See Maintaining Personal Groups for
more information.