View - Setting up AFP report processing and collection

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Issue/Introduction

We want to start storing AFP reports in View.

Can you please provide a process to do that?

Environment

Release : 14.0

Component : CA View

Resolution

 AFP reports are collected in View via a SARFSS task:

  //VWV14FSS JOB (...),'CA VIEW FSS',CLASS=C,MSGCLASS=X
  //VWV14FSS PROC                                                      
  //SARFSS01 EXEC PGM=SARFSS,TIME=1440,REGION=400M                       
  //STEPLIB   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=view_hlq.CVDELOAD       <=== Modify, if used             
  //          DD DISP=SHR,DSN=xxxxxx.APK.ACIF.SAPKMOD1                  
  //SARINDEX  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=view_hlq.SARINDEX             
  //PRT73     DD DISP=SHR,DSN=view_hlq.CVDEOPTN(PRT73ACF)   
  //SARLOG    DD SYSOUT=X                                               
  //       PEND                                                         
  //VWV14FSS EXEC VWV14FSS
  //   

The following are the JES2 device control statements for PRT73 (member PRF73ACF):

   TYPE=ACIF
   ARCHMSG=YES

You define a virtual printer to associate to a SARFSS task:

  /$P PRT73                                        
  /$ADD FSSDEF(V140ACIF),PROC=VWV14FSS,AUTOSTOP=YES
  /$T FSSDEF(V140ACIF),PROC=VWV14FSS,AUTOSTOP=YES  
  /$ADD PRT73,MODE=FSS,FSS=V140ACIF                
  /$TPRT73,MODE=FSS,FSS=V140ACIF                   
  /$TPRT73,CLASS=K,FORMS=VIEW,PRMODE=(ACIF)        
  /$TPRT73,WS=(Q,F,PRM/R,W,LIM,UCS,FCB)            
  /$SPRT73 

 You execute the virtual printer statements, to start the SARFSS task. 

 You stop the virtual printer, to stop the SARFSS task. 

 Below is sample JCL to submit a job, to process an AFP report:
   
   //XXXXXXXX JOB ...
   //STEP1    EXEC PGM=IEBGENER
   //SYSPRINT DD  SYSOUT=X     
   //OUTPUTAC OUTPUT PRMODE=ACIF 
   //SYSUT1   DD  DISP=SHR,DSN=xxxxxx.xxxxxx.AFPREPT1
   //SYSUT2   DD  OUTPUT=*.OUTPUTAC
   //SYSIN    DD  DUMMY
   // 

For information on indexing AFP reports, please go to the following URL:

Archive AFP Reports

Under heading "IBM ACIF Control Statements", please note the TRIGGERn, FIELDn, and INDEXn statements, to identify index placements and names.