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Trend Report View

The Trend Report view presents a graphical display of the historical trend for an object for which it has data. If no trend data has been collected for the object the Trend Report view is not available. If trend data has been collected for an object then the Trend Report View icon will appear in the bottom left corner of the object dialog as shown in the following example. When you click the icon the Trend Report View will be displayed as shown in the following example. The Trend Report View menu has its own set of menu options and additional toolbar icons.

To create a trend report you need to perform the following:

• Instruct the host to log object data and store it in the log data set on the host. Use Trend Definitions to do this.

  Note: To find out how to use Trend Definitions see the chapter "Working with Trend Log Scripts" in the CA Vantage SRM User Guide.

  With the Trend Definitions you define parameters for the log script on the host. The parameters include the title and systems, time period for when the script will collect data, loading and enabling of the script, establishing of filters, log data creation criteria, and so on.

• Establish a local database to which the host can send the data. Use Trend Definitions to do this.

  Note: To find out how to use Trend Definitions see the chapter "Working with Trend Log Scripts" in the CA Vantage SRM User Guide.

  You can optionally define where historical host log data shall be collected by the Windows Client from the host and where it shall be stored on your PC, or on a local server so others can access the same information. The Windows Client can then access the information to create graphical trends and to project future needs.

  Note: If you have defined collection of data for trending you can see the collected data by selecting Trend Collection Info in the z/OS Menu, see the section Trend Collection Info.

• Design trend reports. Once you have instructed the host to perform logging of data and you've established the local data base to store the trend data, then you need to tell the Windows Client what you want the trend reports to look like and where it should publish the reports. Use the View and Output Definition option to do this, see the trend topics in the section View and Output Definition Dialog.

Note: For an explanation of Trend menu options see the section Trend Menu.