Associating a router to a workload specification

Each workload specification has a default target scope and one or more CICS® systems or CICS system groups associated with it. To implement workload routing for a group of target regions, you must associate a routing region or a routing system group with a workload specification.

Procedure

  1. In the Routers section of the Workload Specification editor, click the Add routers icon The Add routers icon. The Add routers window opens and shows all the systems and systems groups in the CICSplex. If a system, or system group is already associated with a workload, the workload name is shown in parentheses following the name.
  2. Select the system, or system group, that you want to assign as a router for this workload. If the system group that you are adding has child associations, you can choose to keep their association with the other workload or change their association to this workload.
    By default, when you click OK, the following actions take place:
    • All CICS systems that are children, whether directly or indirectly, of the selected System group, and that are already routers for a different workload, are not affected by the addition of the selected group to the new Workload.
    • All CICS systems that are children, whether directly or indirectly, of the selected System group, that are not already routers for a different workload, are included as Routers through their association with the group.
    This is the equivalent of the NULL option on Associate CICS group action for a Workload Specification.
    If you select Take routers from other workloads, then the following actions take place:
    • All CICS systems that are children, whether directly or indirectly, of the selected System group are included as routers through their association with the group, irrespective of whether they had any prior association with a workload.
    This is the equivalent of the FORCE option on Associate CICS group action for a Workload Specification.
  3. Click OK to add the selection to the workload specification editor.

    You can click the Hide non-routing items icon A screen capture that shows the Hide non-routing items icon to show or hide the systems that are not a router for this workload.

    At any time before you save your changes, you can use Ctrl+Z (cmd+Z for OS X) to undo the add action, or actions. Press Ctrl+S (cmd+Z for OS X) to save the changes.