Welcome
Running the Collector
You run the CICS® IA Collector to look for instances of program commands that might cause resource dependencies or transaction affinities.
Operating CICS® IA Collection from the CICS® IA Explorer plug-in
In CICS® IA 6.3, you can manage data collection not only by using the CINC and CINT transactions, but also by using the CICS IA Explorer plug-in.

Preface
This information describes the IBM® CICS® Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS®. It explains what the program does and how to set up and run its various components.
What's new in CICS® IA Version 6.3
CICS® IA Version 6.3 maintains broad functionality and provides full support for the new CICS Transaction Server 6.3. Building on previous releases, it includes updates for commands whose threadsafe status has been enhanced in CICS Transaction Server 6.3, enabling more applications to run without switching to QR TCB mode
Overview of the CICS® Interdependency Analyzer
This section gives an overview of the CICS® Interdependency Analyzer (CICS IA), and describes its components.
Getting Started with the CICS® IA plug-in for CICS Explorer®
The CICS® Interdependency Analyzer plug-in for CICS Explorer® provides an Eclipse-based interface to analyze your CICS IA data. It also provides cheat sheets that guide you through the steps required to configure and install CICS IA. It is recommended that you download the CICS IA plug-in and follow the steps in the cheat sheets.
Configuring CICS® IA
This section describes what you need to do before you can use CICS® IA.
Running the Collector
You run the CICS® IA Collector to look for instances of program commands that might cause resource dependencies or transaction affinities.
- Running the Collector for the first time
  To run the Collector for the first time, configure the region options using option 2 of the Collector Main Administration Screen before gathering any dependency or affinity data.
- Displaying the Collector Main Administration Menu panel
  Use this procedure to display the Collector Main Administration Menu panel.
- Controlling the collection of dependency and affinity data
  Use the menu CIU100 to control the collection of dependency and affinity data.
- Changing the Collector options
  You can control how the Collector operates by changing the options that it uses.
- Managing the Command Flow collection using transaction CINC
  You can manage the Command Flow data collection with the aid of the User Command Flow Utility, which helps you to create new configurations of the Command Flow data collection options, change or define parameters of the configurations that already exist, and display statistics about data collection.
- Operating CICS® IA Collection from the CICS® IA Explorer plug-in
  In CICS® IA 6.3, you can manage data collection not only by using the CINC and CINT transactions, but also by using the CICS IA Explorer plug-in.
Updating the Dependency and Affinity database objects
The Dependency database objects contain accumulated data about your applications and the resources that they use. Update the database objects regularly to add new information recorded by the Collector in the VSAM dependency files.
Managing your CICS® IA data
With each new release CICS® IA captures more data. In volatile development environments this data can soon become out of date. If you have out of date data, the CICS IA plug-in might retrieve more data than you need. The presence of unwanted data might impede your analysis and provide confusing results.
The CICS® IA UDB database
CICS® IA provides jobs to unload CICS IA data into CSV files. These files can be used to populate the IBM® supported UDB databases.
Running the Reporter
Running the Program Threadsafe report
The threadsafe report can be run from the CICS IA Explorer plug-in or as a batch job using the sample CIUJTSQ2 that can be found in SCIUSAMP.CICS. The report runs the Db2® stored procedure CIUSPTSR.
Running the Load Module Scanner
The Load Module Scanner scans load modules for instances of program commands that could cause resource dependencies or transaction affinities.
Running the CSECT Scanner
The CICS® IA CSECT Scanner scans load modules for information that can be used to identify the version of each CSECT.
Running the Builder
The CICS® IA Builder runs as a batch job to build affinity-transaction-group definitions suitable for input to the CICS system management product, CICSPlex SM.
Running the sample Db2® query
This section describes how to run the sample CICS® IA batch query job CIUJSAMP.
Solving problems
This section helps you to isolate and determine the cause of CICS® IA problems.
Details of dependencies and affinities collected
Correlating Load Module Scanner and Dependency Reporter output to source
The structure of the CICS® IA database
Messages and codes
This section describes the messages that the Collector, Query interface, Dependency Reporter, Affinities Reporter, Load Module Scanner, CSECT Scanner, and Builder can issue, and the transaction abend codes that the Collector can produce.
CICS® IA space considerations
CICS® IA security
CICS® IA External Interfaces
The Appendix describes available Stored Procedures and Command Flow user exit.
Collecting dynamic COBOL calls
CICS® IA detects dynamic COBOL calls, which are collected by the Dependency and Command Flow Data collectors.
Accessibility
Accessibility features help a user who has a physical disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use software products successfully
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Download the PDF format documentation for CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS 6.3

Operating CICS® IA Collection from the CICS® IA Explorer plug-in

In CICS® IA 6.3, you can manage data collection not only by using the CINC and CINT transactions, but also by using the CICS® IA Explorer plug-in.

The CINT transaction configures CICS® IA to manage multiple regions.

Share the CIUCNTL control file.
Define the CONNECTION and SESSION resources between the controlling CICS® region and the regions you want to manage.

In CICS® IA 6.3, you can use the CICS® IA Explorer plug-in to

Display the status of regions, users, and collection processes.
Operate the dependency and affinity data collections. You can START, STOP, PAUSE, and CONTINUE the collection process.
Set up application options for the dependency and the affinity collections.
Operate the Command Flow collector (START and STOP) for the logged in user.
Set up the Command Flow options for the logged in user.
Reset the collection parameters.

Also, the CICS® IA Explorer 6.3 plug-in continues the Scenario based collection feature. Now, you can set up the required options and start a Threadsafe or Affinity collection scenario with one-click on a selected region in the IA Operations view. Additional options: Db2, IMS, MQ, CPSM, NATURAL/ADABAS and Optimum performance are also available.

To administer the data collection tasks by using the CICS® Explorer plug-in, you must define web service resources in the controlling region. For more information, see Controlling CICS IA from the CICS IA plug-in.