CICS® region information that is
collected by CICS IA is displayed when you expand
Regions in the IA Navigation view. You can filter this
data to refine the information that is displayed.
From the IA Navigation view, expand Regions to see
the details about a selected CICS region.
Toolbar
You can use the text field in the toolbar to filter the regions in the list. You can use an
asterisk * as a wildcard. To apply the filter set in the text field, press
Enter. In the following screen capture example, the filter
GEN* is used and all regions with names that start with
GEN are displayed.
You can use the following icons in the toolbar:
- Previous search icon
. Show or select any previous filter values.
- Refresh collector status icon
. Update the status of the regions. When you click the button, requests are sent to the
collector connections that are currently active, and the indicators on the regions that are defined
in the corresponding collector connections are updated.
Menu
Expand Regions and use the menu to display more information about the
selected region. Right-click the region that you want to explore and choose an option from the
menu.

The following menu options are available:
- Show Resources. Display the resources for
the selected region in the Show Resources view.
- Show Maps. Display the MAP resource types
for the selected region in the Show Resources view.
- Show Files. Display the FILE resource types
for the selected region in the Show Resources view.
- Show Temporary Storage. Display the TSQUEUE
resource types for the selected region in the Show Resources view.
- Show Transient Data. Display the TDQUEUE
resource types for the selected region in the Show Resources view.
- . Create an affinity report for the
regions you require and display the report in the Reports.
- . Create a report of threadsafe issues
for the programs in the selected region and display them in the Threadsafe Report view.
- Visualization. Display the programs and
transactions in the selected region as groups in the Resource Usage Visualization view.
- Show Affinities by Type. Select an affinity
group type from the submenu to display the resources for the selected
region that have potential affinities in the Affinities view.
- Transactions Used. Display the transactions that are used in the selected
region in the Transactions view.
- Programs Used. Display the programs that are used in the selected region
in the Programs view.
- Web Services Used. Display the web services that are used in the selected
region in the Web Services view.
- Collector. When the CICS IA
Collector service is available for the selected region, use the options in the submenu to start,
stop, pause, or continue the Collector service. The region icon is updated to show the current
state. For example, if you select Start, the circle on the region icon
changes to green.
Collector state
Expanding
Regions shows which regions have the CICS IA Collector service available. If there is a current applicable IA
Collector connection, the colored circle on each region icon shows the state of the region on that
collector, as follows:
- Green: The state of the collector in the region is RUNNING.
- Yellow: The state of the collector in the region is PAUSED.
- Red: The state of the collector in the region is STOPPED.
- Gray: The state of the collector in the region cannot be determined. For example, the collector
connection is unavailable, or the collector connection is active but there is no such region
defined.