Activity Reporting System
The Activity Reporting System (ARS) produces reports of IBM® Connect:Direct® activity. While IBM Connect:Direct produces statistics, ARS enables you to access more information and provides sorting capabilities.
You
can request ARS reports in three ways:
- Through ARS screens using IBM Time Sharing Option/Interactive System Productivity Facility (TSO/ISPF)
- Automatically through a IBM Connect:Direct Process
- Schedule a batch job through a job scheduling subsystem
With ARS, you do not have to pass data to z/OS system management facilities (SMF) or write SAS requests to print IBM Connect:Direct activity reports. Use ARS as a standard reporting format throughout a network for tracking IBM Connect:Direct activity.
Note: ARS requires a SAS base running under z/OS and IBM Connect:Direct for z/OS® must
be active.