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Reporting with the Analyzer
The primary reporting facility in HCL Z Asset Optimizer is the Analyzer.
Running the Analyzer in online mode
The primary reporting facility in HCL Z Asset Optimizer is the Analyzer. You can use the Analyzer in online mode to view reports, run queries, and drill down to related reports.
Analyzer security
You can view Analyzer reports in a web browser, such as Firefox, and you can communicate with the Analyzer utility to perform interactive queries.

Reporting with the Analyzer
The primary reporting facility in HCL Z Asset Optimizer is the Analyzer.
- Analyzer prerequisites
  The Analyzer uses the Db2® Call Library Interface (ODBC/CLI), also used by the Inquisitor Import, Usage Import and other batch components, and the z/OS® socket application programming interface. For the SQLite database, the Analyzer uses an internal ODBC interface.
- Analyzer JCLLIB and PARMLIB members
  Several JCLLIB and PARMLIB members are used when you run the Analyzer to generate reports.
- Running the Analyzer in online mode
  The primary reporting facility in HCL Z Asset Optimizer is the Analyzer. You can use the Analyzer in online mode to view reports, run queries, and drill down to related reports.
  - Analyzer communication port
    The Analyzer communication port is defined by using the HTTPPORT setting.
  - Analyzer inactivity timeout
    The Analyzer communication inactivity timeout is defined by using the INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT setting.
  - Analyzer security
    You can view Analyzer reports in a web browser, such as Firefox, and you can communicate with the Analyzer utility to perform interactive queries.
  - Analyzer BASIC security
    HZASANP1 in the PARMLIB defines basic user ID security settings for running the Analyzer.
  - Analyzer SYSTEM security
    HZASANP2 in the PARMLIB defines the system security settings for running the Analyzer.
  - SSL Certificates
    When the Analyzer is running with SYSTEM=SECURITY, you must have an SSL Certificate defined in your SAF/RACF® security system. You can either generate your own certificate, or connect to an existing certificate.
  - Online login to the Analyzer
    With the Analyzer reporting utility, you can log in with a browser to gain access to the Analyzer Asset, Discovery, and Administration reports and to any Custom reports that you create.
  - Controlling the Analyzer address space
    The Analyzer supports the STOP, REFRESH, and TRACE z/OS® modify commands.
- Running the Analyzer in batch mode
  If you want to automate report generation, you can run the Analyzer in batch mode.

Analyzer security

You can view Analyzer reports in a web browser, such as Firefox, and you can communicate with the Analyzer utility to perform interactive queries.

Some of the Analyzer reports contain a large amount of information and it is recommended that you use a screen resolution of at least 1440 x 900 pixels to view them.

The following table describes the security modes that you can configure for accessing Analyzer online.

Table 1. Security modes for accessing Analyzer online
Security configuration	Communication mode	Access ID and password	Access permissions
SECURITY=BASIC	HTTP	Standard user ID and password. Default values are: User: `zaousr` and password `ZAO` Admin: `zaoadm` and password `ZAO`	User ID `zaousr` has limited access. User ID `zaoadm` has full access.
SECURITY=SYSTEM	HTTPS	z/OS® system user ID and password Default: User TSO ID and password	Depends on the users' access to the HZACANLZ application and various ZAO and Db2® resources

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