Creating an affinity report

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

  1. Use one of the following methods to open the Create Affinity Report wizard:
    • In the Regions view, right-click a region name, then click Report > Affinity Report.
    • In the Regions view, select two or more region names, right-click a selected region name, then click Affinity Report.
    • In the Report Explorer view, click the New Affinity report icon 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.
  2. 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.

  3. Specify the report location. You can select an existing folder or click New Folder and create a new folder.
  4. Enter the report name.
  5. To add a timestamp to the report name, select the Append a timestamp when saving check box.
  6. Optional: To add a report description, click Next then enter the required description.
  7. 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.