Job Call Graph

The Job Call Graph shows the global relationships between a selected JCL and other components of the project.

To display the Job call graph, in Application Discovery Browser perspective, from the Projects list in the central part of the Explore Projects view, select the project that contains the jobs for which you want to generate a Job call graph. For details on perspectives and their components, see IBM® AD Analyze Client Reference.

In the Mainframe Graphs section, to the right of the Explore Projects view, double-click Job call graph to display the Job call graph wizard.

The Available Jobs area displays the resources available for graph generation. Use the Name field to filter the contents of the list. Use the arrow buttons to move the resources between the Available and Selected lists. By default, the graph is limited to three levels. Modify if applicable then click Finish.

AD Graphs tab displays the generated graph. Input nodes are displayed in blue. To navigate the graph, use the buttons in the graph toolbar. For details, see Graphical Analysis Toolbar. To show details on the meaning of the elements of the graph, use the Legend button. For details on the graph legend, see Showing the Graph Legend.

Note: For large, complex graphs you can choose to restrict the number of programs displayed. You can specify a program beyond which subsequent programs must not be displayed. According to the type of database used for the projects, restricted nodes are displayed differently. When working with graph database, restricted graph nodes are displayed in red and marked with a specific icon - a funnel. When working with SQL database, restricted nodes are displayed in red. Restrictions can be defined from Preferences window, for details on how to set these restrictions, see Call graph restrictions.

By default, a limit icon marks the nodes for which further analysis results are not displayed because of the limit set in the wizard. (highlight results that are cut short by the threshold option checked in Analysis Expansion Limit tab from Preferences window). If highlight results… option is not checked, all nodes reaching the level limit set in the wizard are marked with a limit icon regardless of whether further analysis results are available or not. The same criteria apply for displaying the limit icon in the Graph Inventory window.

AD Graph Overview window presents an overview of the entire graph, which can be useful when you work with large graphs. For details, see AD Graph Overview Window.

AD Graph Inventory pane presents a list of all the elements in the graph. For details, see AD Graph Inventory View.

Input nodes are displayed in blue.

Note: In the Graph Inventory window the names of the restricted nodes are displayed differently according to the database used for the projects. When working with graph database, restricted graph nodes are displayed in red and marked with a specific icon - a funnel. When working with SQL database, restricted nodes are displayed in red. Restrictions can be defined from Preferences window, for details on how to set these restrictions see Call graph restrictions.

The Properties window displays the properties of the element that is selected from the graph. For details, see Properties View.

Use Export Graph and Print (from the Eclipse toolbar) to export the graph to a portable format or print it. For details, see the sections Exporting the Graph and Printing the Graph.

Supported resource types for API calls

For the resource types that are supported for API calls, go to section Supported resource types for API calls in topic Program Callgraph.

Job Call graph element pop-up menu

Right-click on an element from the Job call graph to display the pop-up menu.

The options available in the pop-up menu depend on the type of element selected from the graph. Options available for all element types include View analysis source, Show properties, and Filter.

According to the selected element, some or all of the following options might also be available: Annotations, Reports, and Usage analyses.

The Filter options in the pop-up menu allow the user to toggle on/off different elements of the graph.

For details on the options available for all element types, see Graph element shortcut menu.