Working with views
The CICS® Explorer displays
resource information in views. You can decide on the size and position
of the views, and what information to show in them. These tasks explain
how to work with the views to meet your operational requirements.
- Views overview
Each perspective contains one or more views. A view is
a visual component in the workbench, and provides a way to navigate
the information in your workbench. Views displaying similar information
are grouped together into tab groups. Each tab group is contained
within a pane in the workbench window.
- Moving views and tab groups
You can change the position of all views in the workbench
with the exception of the CICSplex Explorer view, which cannot be
moved. You can move views in their current tab group, or into a different
tab group.
- Moving columns in a view
You can change the order of the columns in a view to display
the data in a different way.
- Adding or removing columns in a view
When you open a view to display a CICS resource, a subset
of the resource attributes is displayed. You can customize the view
by adding or removing attributes.
- Sorting data in a view
The data in a view is initially sorted in an ascending
alphabetic order. In the administration views, the sort is based on
the resource name. In the operations views, the sort is based on the
region followed by the key field, which is usually Name or ID.
- Resizing tab groups and views
When you resize a tab group, the views in the tab group
are automatically resized as well.
- Opening new views
When you open the CICS Explorer for
the first time, the default workbench perspective is displayed containing
the default view set. You can add other views to the workbench to
display additional information about your CICSplex.
- Refreshing view contents
You can ensure that the resource data in a view is kept
up-to-date by clicking the Refresh icon for an immediate refresh.
- The resource filter
When you open a resource view and are presented with a
large number of resources, you can filter the list to show resources
with similar properties, or to locate a single resource. You can filter
on one or more properties at the same time.
- Fast views
Fast views are hidden views, which can be quickly made
visible. They work in the same way as normal views, but when they
are hidden they do not take up screen space on the Workbench window.