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Check the Data Feed

Data is sent over an IP socket connection between the ReportCenter control region and the ReportCenter Java Task. To see what the region thinks is happening with the data feed, check the data feed destination.

To check the data feed, enter /DWS from the 3270 interface.

The ReportCenter Data Feed Destinations panel appears, for example:

PROD--------------- ReportCenter Data Feed Destinations -----------------------
Command ===>                                                   Scroll ===> PAGE
                                                                               
   S/B=Browse A=Activate I=Inact CHK=Check RCY=Recycle U=Update C=Copy D=Delete
                                                    Port                       
     Destination Name         IP Address            Number  Lock  Key  Status  
     RC$JAVATASK1             192.168.66.31         9931    255   255  ACTIVE  
    **END**                                                                    

If RC$JAVATASK1 appears in green, it indicates that the data feed is active and healthy. Pressing F11 shows you many things about the feed, including how many documents and KB have already been sent to the ReportCenter Java Task, and how many are waiting to be sent. (Performance data is sent as XML documents.)

If this information is yellow or red, it indicates a problem with the data feed. Use the F11 key to scroll to the right to read the error message; review the activity log. Socket or network problems are the most common causes of data feed interruptions. At the ReportCenter Java Task, adding this data is the first time that the task tries to update many of the database tables. If these tables are not implemented correctly, errors appear in the ReportCenter Java Task log.