Example: viewing relationship of a routing rule in the Workload Map view
This example shows how to discover whether the workload definitions (known as non-default routing rules in CICS Explorer®) for a workload specification (WFDEMO
) are used in
any other workload specifications by using the Workload Map view.
CICS 5.5+
) and select
Show in Workload Map. This brings up the Map view at the bottom of the window, and focuses it on the
CICS 5.5+
routing rule.
The Map view shows all the relationships of the routing rule. For a routing rule, that includes:
- the transaction group that the routing rule uses.
- the workload groups that the routing rule is in.
Aha! Another workload specification uses this routing rule. Workload specification
(EXPWRK1
) uses it via workload group Group 63
.
If you want to use separate routing rules for these two workload specifications, you might want
to create a new workload group to contain the second routing rule. But are there other routing rules
contained by workload group Group 63
, that you need to decide whether to separate?
To find out, focus the Map view on workload group
Group 63
by right-clicking it and selecting Show in Workload
Map.
This action puts the workload group to the top of the tree, and shows its relationships. For a workload group, that includes:
- the workload specifications that use the workload group.
- the routing rules that the workload group contains.
By expanding the Rules section of the tree, you can see that this workload group is only used by one routing rule. Now you can separate the routing rules for the two workload specifications with more confidence.