The automated file selection utility is a batch program
that locates the log files for a session, based on a time period and
a system definition.
When you register a session in the Transaction Analysis Workbench ISPF dialog, you
can choose to either manually specify the data set names of the associated
log files or, for the following types of log file, run the automated
file selection utility:
- DB2® log
- To select DB2 log files,
the utility uses output from the DB2-supplied print log map utility
(DSNJU004). This output lists the locations of DB2 log files, based on information in the DB2 bootstrap data set (BSDS).
- IMS log
- To select IMS log files,
the utility uses the IMS database
recovery control (DBRC) API to get the locations of IMS system log data sets (SLDS) or online data
sets (OLDS) from the RECON data sets.
- IMS Connect Extensions journal
- To select IMS Connect Extensions journals,
the utility reads the IMS Connect Extensions definition
repository.
- SMF file or log stream
- To select SMF files or log streams, the utility reads the system
definition repository. You can automate SMF file selection for the
following types of system definition: CICS®, DB2, MVS image,
and IBM® MQ.
- OMEGAMON® for DB2 Performance Expert near-term
history
- To select DB2 near-term
history (NTH) files, the utility reads the SEQDATASET dsname pattern
in the DB2 system definition
in the system definition repository, and then reads the first record
of each matching NTH file to identify the files for the specified
time period.
The utility saves the details of the located log files to the session,
which is stored in the session repository.
You can use the Transaction Analysis Workbench ISPF
dialog to generate JCL to run the utility.