The Ironstream Transaction Analytics Connector (TAC) allows CICS users to send CICS transaction data to a machine data analytics platform (such as Splunk).
The TAC is made up of two components:
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The Annotator, which runs as a CICS Task Related User Exit (TRUE) and performs the task of ensuring that the origin and adapter data are set correctly.
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The Collector, which runs as a CICS Global User Exit (GLUE) and stages transaction data for collection by Ironstream.
Ironstream collects log output, in real-time, from CICS and forwards it via TCP to the data analytics platform. The collected data is sent as a JSON document in the standard Ironstream SFM 110 format.
For more information, refer to the Ironstream Transaction Tracing Installation and User’s Guide.
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