Job Usage Inventory
Job Usage Inventory tab shows the structure of the JCL listing the defined datasets, executed procedures, and programs. For more information on how to create a Job Usage Inventory report, see Accessing Batch Job Usage Inventory with ADDI.
To display Job Usage Inventory tab, in Explore Projects tab double-click Job Usage Inventory from the Usage in Jobs list of analyses to the right of the screen.
The central part of the screen displays the list of attribute filters. The breadcrumb displays the selected projects, the selected attributes together with the filters set for each attribute.
- * is used to search elements, by adding to it either prefixes or suffixes as in AAA* or *AAA.
- , is used to search multiple elements as in AAA, BBB, CCC.
To limit the number of attributes of a certain type that are returned by the filtering operation, use the fields in the Limit column. The default limit is 50; the maximum limit can be set in the corresponding Usage Settings section from the Preferences dialog. For more information, see Job Usage Inventory Settings. The Context column displays the context of the filter operation where relevant.
To the right of Attribute filters area, the list of projects is displayed. Use Save to save the current filter configuration. Use Load to load a previously saved filter configuration.
By default, Enable levels limit is selected and the number of elements that are presented in the Results area is limited by the values set in the Limit column. If you deselect this option, the Limit column from the Attribute filters area disappears and the Results area displays all the results of the analysis. Press Apply to apply the selected filters. After the filtering operation is finished, you can use the black arrow button in the upper left corner of Attribute filters area to hide it and maximize the Results area. To see the Job Usage Inventory parameters in a separate tab, use the arrow button in the upper right corner of the Job Usage Inventory tab.
The results of the filtering operation are displayed in the Results area. Use the search field to locate a specific element in the Results tree. Click the adjacent button find only annotated to filter the search results so that only the annotated elements are shown. In the upper right corner of the Results area the following buttons are available:
Expand all, click this button to expand the tree.
Collapse all, click this button to fold all the tree branches.
Export Results to CSV File, use this button to export the results together with the used filter configuration.
Place the mouse cursor over a node in the tree to display a tooltip that presents the element category and name. When you select a tree node, the area to the right of the screen is updated to display the graphs, reports, and usage analyses that can be generated for the selected element. Also, the Properties view displays the information available for the selected element.
Node name | Description |
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Jobs | Shows the list of jobs that were found in the resources of the selected project. |
Datasets | Lists the datasets defined in JCL. |
Procedures | Lists the procedures that were identified in the job. |
Programs | Lists the programs that are executed in JCL. |
Node pop-up menu
Select a node from the tree in the Results area then right-click to display the pop-up menu. The number of options available depends on the type of node selected. View analysis source and Copy options are available for all nodes. According to the selected node, several Collapse to … Level options might also be available.