Changing columns in a view

When you open a view to display a CICS® resource, a subset of the resource attributes is displayed. You can add and remove resource attributes to display as columns in the view, and change the order of those columns.

About this task

For most CICS resource table views, to add or remove columns in a view, or change the order in which columns are displayed, use the following procedure.

You can also add or remove columns in a view, or change the order in which columns are displayed, when you configure a view. See Configuring a CICS resource table view.

The following procedure does 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 procedure that applies to these views, see Adding or removing columns in specific views.

Procedure

  1. Start from the resource view in which you want to change the columns.
  2. Click the Customize Columns button Customize Columns option in the toolbar image showing the icons in the tool bar of the view. The Columns pane lists the attributes that are currently displayed in the view, in the order that they are currently displayed.
  3. 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 Help icon.
    Add Columns dialog with field level help

    After you click OK, the selected attributes are displayed in the Columns pane in the Customize Columns dialog.

  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. When your changes are complete, click OK.

Results

The view is displayed with the columns and order that you selected.

If you refresh the view, the current columns and order are retained. If you close the view, the columns and order are remembered and displayed again the next time you open the view.