Creating a scenario-based collection

To focus on a particular aspect about a CICS region, you can create a scenario-based collection for a single CICS® region. You can select the type of collection that you want to run and the resource types that you want to be included. Depending on which collection you select, the CICS IA options for the specific scenario-based collection are turned on before the collector is started.

Before you begin

Ensure that your Interdependency Analyzer and IA Collector host connections are connected and display a "green" status. If you want to check which resource types you download data for, you can check your CICS IA preferences. For more information, see CICS Interdependency Analyzer Preferences. To view which CINT options are changed , see CINT options set by running a scenario collection.

About this task

Complete the following steps to create a scenario-based collection.

Procedure

  1. In the IA Operation view, expand the relevant IA Collector and then also expand Regions to see the available list of CICS regions. You can also expand Regions in the IA Navigation view.
  2. Right-click the region name for which you want to run a collection and select Start scenario based collection.

    List of collector options

    The Start scenario-based collection window opens.

    The Start scenario-based collection window that lists the scenario types and resource types available for selection

  3. Select the type of scenario-based collection that you want to run. You can choose one of the following collections:
    • CICS Threadsafe Collection
    • CICS Affinity Collection
    • CICS API Collection
    • CICS SPI Collection
  4. After you select the collection type, select the resource types that you want to include in the collection. You can select from the following resource types:
    • DB2
    • MQ
    • IMS
    • CPSM
    • NATURAL/ADABAS
    Note: Selecting resource types is not applicable for a CICS Affinity Collection.
  5. Optional: If required, select Optimum Performance.
  6. Click OK to start the collector. A message is displayed in the lower left of the CICS IA perspective to confirm that the collector is running.
  7. After a time, stop the collector to view the results.

What to do next

Analyze the results of the collection.

You can reset the collection options for a specific CICS region, in the IA Operation view, by right-clicking the region name and selecting Restore default options.