Groups
A Group is a collection of systems that require consolidated reporting. Instead of running a report against a particular System, you can run the report against a Group. This provides a facility for consolidated cross-system style reporting.
Some practical uses for Groups include:
- CICS® systems that are connected by IRC/MRO, ISC/APPC, or IPIC — specify your TOR, AOR, FOR and DOR regions in a Group for cross-system reporting.
- CICS systems that use DB2® — specify your CICS DOR region and DB2 subsystem in a Group for DB2 reporting.
- CICS systems that use WebSphere® MQ — specify your CICS region and MQ subsystem in a Group for MQ reporting.
- CICS systems that require System Logger reporting — specify your CICS region and Logger systems in a Group for Logger reporting.
Systems can belong to more than one Group.
System Definitions has a Group maintenance facility that allows you to view all the Groups that you have defined and the systems that belong to each Group. See Maintaining Personal Groups for more information.