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Cooperative Processing

To successfully connect the desktop client to the CA View database, several key elements need to be properly installed and configured.

The following illustration shows how the workflow is processed and where each solution fits into what is called cooperative processing.

This diagram provides a basic view of how cooperative processing works to provide end-user access to reports residing in a z/OS‑based report repository.

1. The Client initiates a request using an initial login or a report data request from CA Output Management Web Viewer.
2. An SQL request is formatted by the Client API and passed through CA Common Services, Common Communications Interface (CAICCI).

   The Common Communications Interface uses the TCP/IP communication protocol to pass the request from the Windows environment, through CAICCI/PC, to the z/OS‑platform running the Common Communication Interface (CCITCP) task.

3. CA DRAS receives the request from the Common Communications Interface (CAICCI) and passes it on to the CA View Agent API for interpretation. The Agent API formats the request and passes it to CA View for processing.
4. The request is validated and processed in CA View. Once processed, it is returned to an SQL format and passed back to CA DRAS.
5. CA DRAS processes and packages the response and passes it back through the Common Communications Interface to the Viewer system, where it is processed and displayed to the Client.

SMF Record Layouts

The Type 6 External Writer SMF record is optional and is created if the startup parameter SMF= is set to YES. The z/OS Type 6 record format definition can be found in the assembler language macro SYS1.MACLIB(IFASMFR).

In a Cross Memory Services (XMS) session, SMF records can also be created. The creation and record type number is controlled by the XMS startup parameter SMFSESS=. The record format definition can be found in the assembler language macro CAI.CVDEMAC(EBCSMFU1).

Note:

• The format of the XMS session SMF record does not follow the same header conventions as the CA View Metrics SMF records.
• SMF records can also be created by CA Deliver.

  For more information about CA Deliver SMF records, see the CA Deliver Reference Guide.

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