Searching for a resource
You can search for CICS® resources defined in CICS CM in a number of ways.
Specific searches
You can run specific searches or run searches using the search dialog.
- You can show all resources for a group or a configuration; right-click a group or a configuration and select Show All Resources.
- You can right-click any resource definition and select Find to
display another option, Similar resources that
searches for all resource definitions of the same name and type as
the selected resource definition in the same configuration.
- Program Definitions has an additional option. You can right-click
any program definition, select Find, and a
second option Transactions referencing Program is displayed.
- LSR Pool Definitions has an additional option. To open the LSR
Pool Definitions view click Definitions > LSR Pool Definitions.
You can right-click any LSR pool definition, select Find,
and another search option Files referencing LSR Pool is displayed.
Using the Search dialog
To open the Search
dialog window, you can either click the search icon in the toolbar or right-click in the Configurations view
or the Groups view to display the menu in the following screen capture.

Click the type of search you want to perform and the Search window opens:

To run a basic search, use the default values, enter the resource name, and click OK. The results are displayed in the Search Results view.

If you click
the Show Groups icon , the search results
are displayed in groups with the resources in each listed. The Show
Groups icon is a toggle that changes the results view from resources
to groups and back to resources again. To view the list expand the
group in the results tree.
If you click the downward arrow of
the Show Previous Searches icon , you can view the results of
previous searches and clear the search history.
See Defining a search for more information.
The implicit wildcard is applied in all searches, see Use of the wildcard in searches for more information.