Adding or removing columns in specific views

When you open a view to display a CICS® resource, a subset of the resource attributes is displayed. For a small number of older-style views, you can add or remove attributes to display as columns in the view in the same way as in CICS Explorer® Version 5.2.

About this task

This procedure applies 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. To add, remove, or reorder columns in these views, use the following procedure.

For the procedure that applies to most CICS resource table views, see Changing columns in a view.

Procedure

  1. Click the view tab to make the view active.
  2. Use the following method to open the Customize columns window:
    • Click the Customize Columns icon Customize columns icon in the toolbar of the view.
      Note: There is an option for you to equalize column widths by clicking the View Menu icon View menu icon in the toolbar of the view, and click the Equalize Column Widths option.
  3. Add, remove or reorder the required attributes:
    • To add an attribute to the view, click the attribute name in the Available attributes pane and click Add. The attribute name moves to the Current viewer columns pane and the corresponding column is shown in the view.
    • To remove an attribute from the view, click the attribute name in the Current viewer columns pane, then click Remove. The attribute moves to the Available attributes pane, and the corresponding column is removed from the view.
    You can enter text and one or more wildcard characters (*) in the filter text boxes above each pane to find the attributes you require. To clear the filter, click the Clear icon in the text box.
  4. Optional: To display the field level help for an attribute, click the attribute, then click the Help icon Help icon.
    The Customize columns dialog
  5. Optional: To reset the columns to their default settings, click Reset.
  6. When your changes are complete, click Close.

Results

The view is displayed with the columns that you selected.