The Regions view displays all the CICS® regions for the current collector
ID that the CICS IA Collector
found. You can filter this data to refine the information displayed.
Information about a selected region is displayed in the Properties view
(to open the Properties view, click ).
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 example screen capture, the filter IYDZ* is
used and all regions with names that start with IYDZ are displayed.
You can use the following icons in the toolbar:
- Previous search icon
. Show or select any previous filter values.
- 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
Use the pop-up menu in the Regions view
to display more information about the selected region. Right-click
the region that you want to explore and choose an option from the
menu.

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.
- . Create an affinity report for the
regions you require and display the report in the Report Explorer view.
- . Create a report of threadsafe issues
for the programs in the selected region and display them in the Report view.
- Visualization. Display the programs and
transactions in the selected region as groups in the Resource 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
used in the selected region in the Transactions view.
- Programs Used. Display the programs used
in the selected region in the Programs view.
- Web Services Used. Display the web services
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
The
Regions view
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.