Online or as a stand-alone batch job, Adabas Review processes Adabas command log records and generates reports according to user-defined reporting criteria. The flexible reporting structure of Adabas Review allows you to view the same data in many different ways.
Adabas Review uses a set of instructions called a "report definition" to specify the types of data to be collected. Prepared report definitions supplied with Adabas Review may be modified and custom reports may be created.
Report definitions can be created or modified using menu-driven Natural programs. Report options and processing rules allow you to specify the conditions under which the data is to be captured. Report definitions are kept in the Adabas Review repository.
When a report definition is saved, Adabas Review generates a Natural display program that is executed when you wish to view the collected data. This display program is executed
to view data currently being collected by the interactive Adabas Review processor.
to retrieve and display or download historical data that has been saved and stored in the Adabas Review repository.
Note:
No display program is created for buffer pool reports.
The Natural display program generates normal Natural FIND and READ statements against a Review DDM to access the data being collected by Adabas Review. By default, the Natural program displays the data at the Adabas Review user's terminal. Options exist, however, to download the data directly to a personal computer (PC).
Once the report definitions are edited and saved, the reports can be started. Starting a report tells the Adabas Review data collection process to start accumulating data based on the report definition parameters.
Adabas Review users can display buffer pool information, display active databases, and access the Adabas Online System, if it is available. Adabas Review administrators are also allowed to define and display target objects.
