You can use the event processing (EP) search function to
search event bindings and EP adapter configurations for named resources.
You can search by variable, structure, and copybook name of an imported
language structure. You can search your workspace or installed CICS® resources.
About this task
The EP search is specific to event processing and is provided in CICS Explorer® where you edit event bindings, EP adapter
configurations, and other bundle resources in a CICS bundle
project. The EP search is available in all perspectives in CICS Explorer from the search menu, and is
provided in a separate tab in the search dialog for CICS Explorer.
File
search can be used for finding any text in the workspace, whereas
the EP search is used to find matches for the named resource in event
specifications and EP adapter configurations. The search function
checks whether the specified name of the resource matches the predicate
when it examines capture specification predicates.
Procedure
- From the workbench menu bar, click to open the search window,
or press Ctrl+H (cmd+H for OSX).
- Click the EP Search tab and type
the search string.
- Optional: To make the search case sensitive,
select the Case sensitive check box.
- Optional: To search for a resource type, select
the Search for resource type check box and
select the required type from the list.
You can select
one of the following resource types:
- ABCODE
- CHANNEL
- CONTAINER
- EVENT
- FILE
- FROMCHANNEL
- MAP
- MAPSET
- MESSAGE_ID
- OPERATION
- PROGRAM
- QNAME
- QUEUE
- SERVICE
- TRANCLASS
- TRANSACTION
- URI
- URIMAP
- USER
- WEBSERVICE
- Optional: To limit the search for a resource
type to one or more of the context, event options, or EP adapters,
select the corresponding check box.
Note: If the search
scope is set to CICS resources
installed in a CICS system,
the in adapters check box is disabled; you
cannot search for EP adapters in an online CICS system.
- Optional: Clear the Ignore predicates
with operator "All" check box.
The default
setting for a predicate in a capture specification is All;
when this check box is not selected, you receive search matches for
all of these default predicates. It is likely that you want to search
for capture specifications where the predicates specify filters such
as Equals or Starts with for
the resource name, so this box is selected by default.
- Select or clear one or more check boxes in the Search
for source information section.
You can search
for source information in one of the following entities:
- Application data
- Information sources
When
Application data or
Information
sources is selected, you can search for one or more of
the following name types:
- Variable names
- Structure names
- File names
- To search your workspace, click Workspace.
To search CICS resources installed
in a CICS system, click CICS
resources installed in, then select a CICSplex from the
list.
The following table shows sample EP searches
that you can use with the event binding editor examples:
Table 1. Example
EP searches
Search string |
Search for resource type |
Where found |
EGUI |
TRANSACTION |
Context |
EXMPCAT |
FILE |
Event option |
- Optional: Click Customize to
set the scope of your search to a file search, EP search, or both.
Click OK.
This setting is saved
across search sessions.
- Click Search.
Results
The Search results tab opens. You can expand each search
result to show the event specification, capture specification, and
location where the search match is. You can double-click on any of
these items to load the result into the editor and display it.