Worsening of transaction affinities lifetimes

Lifetime worsening is flagged by the Detector, and reported by the Reporter.

If a pseudoconversation ends, and the resource still exists, the Detector deduces that the lifetime is longer than PCONV, that is, one of LOGON, SIGNON, SYSTEM, or PERMANENT.

If a logoff or sign-off occurs, and the resource still exists, the Detector deduces that the lifetime is longer than LOGON or SIGNON: that is, either SYSTEM or PERMANENT.

If a CICS® BTS activity completes and the resource still exists, the lifetime is worsened to process. If a CICS BTS process completes and the resource still exists, the lifetime is worsened to system.

In some cases, the Detector may not detect a logoff or sign-off, so cannot be sure that the affinity lifetime is LOGON or SIGNON. In such cases, the Detector records the (worsened) lifetime as SYSTEM or PERMANENT instead of LOGON or SIGNON. For example, this occurs when the CICS region that the Detector is running on is a target region, because it is impossible in some cases to detect a logoff or sign-off that occurs in a connected routing region.