Comparing resources

You can compare two groups, lists, or definitions, by using the compare function. You can also compare resources that are shown in the history view.

To compare two groups, two lists, or two definitions select the resources you want to compare.
  1. Hold down the Ctrl key and click the two resources that you want to compare. You can use the shift key if the resources are next to each other in the list.
  2. Right-click and select Compare with each other. The results are shown in a new view that opens when you click the menu option. The task that is running is shown in the view toolbar.
Each result has two icons: one that denotes the resource type, and one that describes the comparison results.
  • The gray arrow Gray pointing arrow indicates that the resource is only included in the first list selected and is displayed in the view showing the compare results.
  • The blue arrow Blue pointing arrow indicates that the resource is only included in the second list selected and is displayed in the view showing the compare results.
  • The double-red arrow Double-red arrow indicates that the resource is in both lists but is not the same.

The results do not display the resources that match exactly.

If you select a group or definition name in the results displayed in view, the attributes are displayed in another section of the view.

The results of each comparison are accessible in a tab in the view until you close the tab.

You can run Compare with each other from results displayed in the History view.

You can run Checksum on the results in the results view. Click the down arrow to display the Checksum options available. For more information about Checksum, see Comparing a list panel of objects with a checksum column in CICS Configuration Manager product documentation.

Screen capture displaying the checksum options, No checksum, Partial checksum, Full checksum, Critical attributes checksum, Resource name, and type checksum.

Lists

You can compare two lists in the same configuration. The groups in the lists are compared and the results are displayed in a new view.

Screen capture of the result of comparing two lists.

Groups

You can compare two groups in the same or in different configurations, or the same group in different configurations. The definitions in the groups are compared. To compare two groups in the same configuration, select the groups from the groups view. To compare two groups in different configurations select the groups from the Search results view.
  1. Select two Configurations in the Configurations view.
  2. Right-click and select Show all groups from the menu, or, select Search > Search for groups. If you select to Search for Groups you can define your search in the Search dialog window. For more information, see Searching for a group.
  3. Select a group from each configuration in the Search results view. The groups for each configuration are displayed with the configuration name.

    Screen capture showing the search results for two configurations when Show all groups is selected.

  4. Right-click and select Compare with each other. The results are shown in the new view. In the following screen capture the selected group has definitions that are in both configurations, so both the configuration sections on the view are populated. If the group is only in one configuration the attribute information is displayed only in that section.

    Screen capture showing the results of a compare of two groups in different configurations. It also shows how the attributes information is displayed in the two configuration sections of the new window showing the compare results, as well as the icons denoting same but different or one or other group only.

Definitions

You can compare 2 of the same type of definitions. The attributes in the definitions are compared. The results are displayed in the new view.
  1. Select two definitions that you want to compare.
  2. Right-click and select Compare with each other. The results are displayed in the new view that opens.
  3. If you select an attribute in the results view, the attribute and the value of that attribute are highlighted.

Screen capture of the results of comparing two transaction definitions. The value of the attributes are displayed in the configuration sections of the view. It also shows one of the attribute results selected and the highlighted attribute.