Introduction to what the Automation Reporter application does

An automation activity can be the

• number of TS users logged on during a time interval

• number of ALERTs created during a time interval

• number of ALERTs still active at the end of the time interval

• number of events that occurred

A resource is anything a program needs to complete its task, such as CPU or virtual storage. Many resources are shared between several tasks, so it is important to minimize use and potential contention for resources between tasks.

Collecting data for these activities and resources (also collectively called data items) allows you to measure how efficiently the automation you have implemented is performing on your system over time.

You can store the collected data in a sequential data set. By storing the data in a data set, you can import the data into a report generator or a spreadsheet tool and create reports to demonstrate how much automation you have in place on your system.

What kind of data is collected briefly describes the activities and resources that can be measured. How to activate the Automation Reporter describes how to actiicate the Automation Reporter.