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Collecting data with CICS IA

The Collector enables you to detect existing resource dependencies in a running CICS® region in a real-time mode. With this tool, you can collect data on both types of resource dependencies identified by CICS IA, which are the direct dependencies and affinities.

Collecting and analyzing the affinities data is especially helpful when managing multiregional environments (CICSplex). The Collector detects dependencies between several transactions (inter-transaction affinities) or a transaction and a particular CICS region (transaction-system affinities), enabling you to define the shared resources and, therefore, configure CICS more effectively. For the purpose of enhancing a separate system, collect the dependency data. Run the Collector on a particular region to detect which resources a transaction consumes and to monitor the way it interacts with the system.

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