You can configure most table views that display a CICS® resource. You can specify
which columns are displayed, and the order of those columns. You can
filter the content of the view by one or more resource attributes,
and sort the content by one or more resource attributes.
About this task
When you configure a view, your changes are saved so that
the view shows the information you specified every time that you open
it.
- You can add and remove resource attributes to display as columns
in the view, and change the order of those columns.
- You can filter resources by any attribute that applies to the
view, even if you do not display that attribute as a column in the
view.
- You can sort the resources by any attribute that applies to the
view, even if you do not display that attribute as a column in the
view.
You can also change columns, filtering, and sorting when
a resource table view is open. These changes are not saved to the
view configuration. See Views.
Restriction: Ensure that the filtering and sorting you specify
is supported by your CICS system
connection, otherwise an error message is displayed when you open
the view. For example, for a CICS management
client interface (CMCI) connection to CICS TS Version 4 or later,
all the filter operators and sorting described in this information
are supported. However, some CICS system
connections support only the "Equal to" (=) filter operator and
do not support sorting by columns.
These procedures do not
apply to the Resource
Group Definitions view, Group List Definitions view,
and a small number of older-style views,
as listed in Changing specific resource views.
For the procedures that apply to these views, see Changing specific resource views.
Procedure
- Optional: To start from an open view that you
want to configure, use the following steps:
- Open the resource view that you want to configure.
- Click the Configure View icon
in the toolbar of the view.
- Ensure that the view you want to configure is selected
in the CICS View Configurations
pane in the Preferences window, then click Edit.
The Edit View Configuration dialog
is displayed.
- Optional: To start from the Preferences window,
use the following steps:
- Open the Preferences window:
- Windows or Linux: Click on the workbench
menu bar.
- OS X: Click on the main menu.
- In the Contents pane of the Preferences window,
expand Explorer then click CICS
View Configurations.
- In the CICS View
Configurations pane, click the view that you want to customize then
click Edit.
To find the required
view, you can expand the categories, or type one or more characters
of the view name in the filter field.
The Edit View Configuration dialog
is displayed.
- To specify the columns that you require, use the options
in the Columns pane.
The Columns pane lists the attributes
that are currently displayed in the view, in the order that they are
currently displayed.
- To add an attribute to the view, click Add.
In the Add Columns dialog, select one or more
attributes that you want to add to the view, then click OK.
- You can use the Shift or Ctrl keys (shift or cmd keys for OS X)
to select multiple attributes.
- You can enter text and one or more wildcard characters (*) in
the filter field to find the attributes you require.
- To display the field level help for an attribute, click the attribute,
then click the Help icon
.
After
you click OK, the selected attributes are displayed
in the Columns pane.
- To remove an attribute from the view, select one or
more attributes in the list in the Columns pane, then click Remove. You can use the Shift or Ctrl keys (shift or cmd keys for OS
X) to select multiple attributes.
- To change the order in which columns are displayed,
select each required attribute in the list in the Columns pane, then
click Up or Down until
the attributes are in the required order.
- To specify the filters that you require, use the options
in the Filters pane.
The Filters pane lists any attributes,
together with the operator and value for each one, that are currently
used to filter the resources in the view.

- To add an attribute to filter resources by, click Add.
In the Add Filters dialog, select one or more
attributes that you want to filter resources by, then click OK.
- You can use the Shift or Ctrl keys (shift or cmd keys for OS X)
to select multiple attributes.
- You can enter text and one or more wildcard characters (*) in
the filter field to find the attributes you require.
- To display the field level help for an attribute, click the attribute,
then click the Help icon
.
After you click OK,
the selected attributes are displayed in the Filters pane.
- To set the operator and value for the filter, double-click
the attribute or press the Space bar.
- Optional: To change the operator from the
default, click the arrow icon beside the operator
or
press Shift+Tab, then click the required operator in the menu. The operators that you can use vary, depending on the attribute
type. Restriction: Ensure that you select an operator
that your CICS system connection
supports. For example, a CMCI connection to a CICS TS Version 4 or later system supports all
valid operators for the type of attribute, but some connections support
only the "Equal to" (=) operator.
- Enter the value to filter by.
- To remove an attribute to filter resources by, select
the attribute in the list in the Filters pane, then click Remove.
- To specify the sorting that you require, use the options
in the Sorting pane.
The Sorting pane lists the attributes
that are currently used to sort the resources in the view, in the
order that they are used for the sort. An icon next to the attribute
name, and the hover help for the attribute, indicate whether the sort
for that attribute is in ascending or descending order.
Restriction: Ensure that your CICS system
connection supports sorting by columns. For example, a CMCI connection
to a CICS TS Version 4.2 or
later system supports sorting by columns, but some CICS system connections do not.
- To add an attribute to sort resources by, click Add.
In the Add Sorts dialog, select one or more attributes
that you want to sort resources by, then click OK.
- You can use the Shift or Ctrl keys (shift or cmd keys for OS X)
to select multiple attributes.
- You can enter text and one or more wildcard characters (*) in
the filter field to find the attributes you require.
- To display the field level help for an attribute, click the attribute,
then click the Help icon
.
After you click OK,
the selected attributes are displayed in the Sorting pane in the Add
Columns dialog.
- To change whether the sort for an attribute is in ascending
or descending order, double-click the attribute, press the Space bar,
or right-click the attribute then click Sort by Ascending or Sort
by Descending, as appropriate.
- To remove an attribute to sort resources by, select
one or more attributes in the list in the Sorting pane, then click Remove. You can use the Shift or Ctrl keys (shift or cmd keys for OS
X) to select multiple attributes.
- To change the order in which attributes are used to
sort resources by, select each required attribute in the list in the
Sorting pane, then click Up or Down until
the attributes are in the required order.
- When your changes are complete, click OK,
then click OK in the Preferences window.
Results
The columns, filters, and sorting that you specified for the
view are saved, and are applied to the resources in the view when
you open that view:
What to do next
You can rename the view, copy the view, or delete a view.
To
reset a view to the defaults supplied with CICS Explorer,
create a new view for the resource type.