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Monitoring automation with the EXEC-driven Automation Reporter

This section explains how to activate the EXEC-driven Automation Reporter and how to set timed intervals and the data offload interval. The section also explains what the data looks like and how to read it.

Note

The windows-mode Automation Reporter application that was first supported in MainView AutoOPERATOR version 7.1 provides dynamic and interactive access to automation data that allows you to easily audit and monitor automation activities. For more information about the windows mode version of the Automation Reporter, see Using-the-windows-mode-Automation-Reporter-applications.

The Automation Reporter application, once activated, tracks and collects data (in numerical values) for automation activities and the consumption of resources over user-specified time intervals.

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 activate the Automation Reporter.

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