You can create an affinity report in XML format for one
or more regions, for one or more affinity types. To create an affinity
report, you can use the Regions view or the Report
Explorer view.
About this task
To create an affinity report, you use the Create
Affinity Report wizard. For each region that you select,
you create a separate affinity report.
Procedure
- Use one of the following methods to open the Create
Affinity Report wizard:
- In the Regions view, right-click a region
name, then click .
- In the Regions view, select two or more
region names, right-click a selected region name, then click .
- In the Report Explorer view, click the New
Affinity report icon
.
When you open the Create Affinity Report wizard
from the Regions view, the regions you selected
are also selected in the Create Affinity Report window.
If required, you can change your selection in the next step.
- Select the regions that you require a report for, and the
affinity types that you require in the report, then click Next.
The wizard displays the folder structure that is used
for saved reports; that is, the folder structure that is used in the Report
Explorer view.
- Specify the report location. You can select an existing
folder or click New Folder and create a new
folder.
- Enter the report name.
- To add a timestamp to the report name, select the Append
a timestamp when saving check box.
- Optional: To add a report description, click Next then
enter the required description.
- Click Finish.
Report
generation begins and a message is displayed in the Status bar. When
generation is complete, the report is displayed in the Affinity
Report view. The report file is also saved in a folder
that shows the region name in the specified location in the Report
Explorer view. If you create more than one affinity report,
the first report is displayed in the Affinity Report view,
and the additional report files are saved in the Report
Explorer view.
What to do next
You can use the Affinity Report view
to view the contents of the affinity report.
You can use the Report
Explorer view to find generated reports. You can use the
options in this view to view generated reports and build a file of CICSPlex® SM Workload Manager
transaction groups for input to CICSPlex SM.