The Collector uses
tables in a data space to hold collected affinity data.
The main affinity-related tables are of the following types:
- The affinity group table, which records every affinity-transaction-group;
that is, every group of CICS® transactions
that have been grouped together because they have the potential to
create the same type of affinities.
- The affinity command table, which records every unique combination
of:
- EXEC CICS command with
the potential to create an affinity
- Program
- Transaction ID
The affinity tables reside in the data space. The affinity group
and affinity command tables are saved to VSAM files when you stop
the Collector and,
optionally, at predetermined intervals.