Regions

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.

Screen capture of the IA Navigation showing the Regions details.

You can use the following icons in the toolbar:
  • Previous search icon Previous search icon. Show or select any previous filter values.
  • Refresh collector status icon 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.

Screen capture of the menu in Regions.
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.
  • Report > Affinity Report. Create an affinity report for the regions you require and display the report in the Reports.
  • Report > Threadsafe Report. 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.