Transactions view

The Transactions view shows an alphabetical list of all transactions known to CICS® IA.

The list of transactions includes the transactions in which programs are running and transactions that are the results of interactions; that is, they are CICS resources of type TRANSID.

To filter the transaction in the list, use the first text field in the Transactions view. You can use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard.

To restrict the regions or applications from which the transactions are retrieved, use the Search Region or Search Application field, using an asterisk (*) as a wildcard. To change this field between Search Region and Search Application, click the icon down arrow icon after the field name and click the required option.

To apply the filters set in these fields, press Enter. In the example screen capture, the filter S* is used and only transactions that begin with S are displayed.

Screen capture of the Transactions view

Information about the currently selected transaction is displayed in the Properties view.

To analyze a transaction, right-click the transaction name and use the menu options. You can see where a transaction is used, the tasks in a transaction, and what resources a transaction uses. You can also see affinities, command flow runs, or threadsafe issues for a transaction.

Screen capture of the pop-up menu in the Transactions view.

To see the applications, regions, transactions, or programs where a transaction is used, right-click the transaction name then click the appropriate menu option.

To see the resources that a transaction uses, right-click the transaction name then click Uses Resources.

To see the tasks in a transaction, right-click the transaction name then click Show Tasks.

The results of the Used by Regions, Show Tasks, or Used by Applications options are shown in the Show Resources view.

The Used by Regions and Used by Applications options are available only in CICS IA Version 5.1 or later. If you are connected to an earlier version database, these options are unavailable in the CICS IA perspective. Outside the CICS IA perspective, these options are available, but attempts to fetch application data from an earlier version database results in a warning message.

Warning message: CICS IA 5.1 database or later is required to run this query.

The results of the Used by Programs and Used by Transactions options are shown in the Used By view.

The results of the Uses Resources option are shown in the Uses view.

To see a visual representation of programs and transactions as groups, right-click the transaction name then click Visualization. See Resource Visualization view.

To see the potential affinities of a transaction, right-click the transaction name then click Show Affinities By Type. See Viewing affinities.

To create a report of threadsafe issues, right-click the transaction name then click Threadsafe Report. See Creating a report of threadsafe issues.