Introducing the report definition language

You can use the report definition language to write definitions for producing reports from the data you collect using the log collector language.

Note: To use the report definition language, you need to have QMF installed on your system.

The report definition language contains statements that let you:

Create report definitions
Create group definitions that are a logical collection of reports about a related topic
Delete report and group definitions

You can create report definitions using the report definition language, or you can use the reporting dialog. The predefined reports that are supplied with IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics are defined with the report definition language. Users wanting to create new reports usually do this with the reporting dialog. For more information about using the reporting dialog, refer to the Guide to ReportingGuide to Reporting.

The syntax used to write report and group definition statements is similar to that used to write log collector language statements. When you execute the report definition program, it stores the report and group definitions that you create. Then you can use the definitions to produce reports without having to write the definition each time.

Implementing the report definition language describes how to use the report definition language to write a report definition. It explains how to create tabular and graphical reports from data collected with the log collector.

Report definition language elements describes the elements associated with the report definition language.

Report definition language statements describes each of the statements that you can use in the report definition language.