Comparing resources

You can compare two groups, two lists, or two definitions, using the menu option Compare with each other. You can also compare resources that are displayed in the history view.

To compare two groups, two lists, or two definitions select the resources you want to compare.
  1. Hold down the Ctrl key and click the two resources that you want to compare. You can use the shift key if the resources are next to each other in the list.
  2. Right-click and select Compare with each other. The results are shown in a new view that opens when you click the menu option. The task that is running is shown in the view toolbar.
Each result has two icons: one that denotes the resource type, and one that describes the comparison results.
  • The gray left arrow gray left pointing arrow indicates that the resource is only included in the first list selected and is displayed on the left side of the lower section of the view showing the compare results.
  • The right blue arrow blue right pointing arrow indicates that the resource is only included in the second list selected and is displayed on the right side of the lower section of the view showing the compare results.
  • The double-red arrow double-red arrow indicates that the resource is in both lists but is not the same.

The results do not display the resources that match exactly.

screen capture of the Inputs are identical window that says There are no differences between the selected resources.

If you select a group or definition name in the results displayed at the top of the view, the attributes are displayed in the lower section of the view.

The results of each comparison are accessible in a tab in the view until you close the tab.

You can run Compare with each other from results displayed in the History view.

You can run Checksum on the results in the results view. Click the down arrow to display the Checksum options available. See IBM CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS User's Guide for more information about Checksum.

Screen shot displaying the checksum options, No checksum, Partial checksum, Full checksum, Critical attributes checksum, Resource name, and type checksum.

Lists

You can compare two lists in the same configuration. The groups in the lists are compared and the results are displayed in a new view.

Screen capture of the result of comparing two lists.

Groups

You can compare two groups in the same or in different configurations, or the same group in different configurations. The definitions in the groups are compared. To compare two groups in the same configuration, select the groups from the groups view. To compare two groups in different configurations select the groups from the Search results view.
  1. Select two Configurations in the Configurations view.
  2. Right-click and select Show all groups from the menu, or, select Search > Search for groups. If you select to Search for Groups you can define your search in the Search dialog window, see Searching for a group for more information.
  3. Select a group from each configuration in the Search results view. The groups for each configuration are displayed below the configuration name.

    Screen capture showing the search results for two configurations when Show all groups is selected.

  4. Right-click and select Compare with each other. The results are shown in a the new view. In the screen capture below the selected group has definitions that are in both configurations, so both the right and left sections on the lower section are populated. If the group is only in the first configuration the attribute information is displayed only in the left section, and if the group is only in the second configuration the attribute information is displayed only in the right section.

    Screen shot showing the results of a compare of two groups in different configurations. It also shows how the attributes information is displayed in the lower two sections of the new window showing the compare results, as well as the icons denoting same but different or one or other group only.

Definitions

You can compare two of the same type of definitions. The attributes in the definitions are compared. The results are displayed in the new view.
  1. Select two definitions that you want to compare.
  2. Right-click and select Compare with each other. The results are displayed in the top section of the new view that opens.
  3. If you select an attribute in the upper section of the results view, the attribute and the value of that attribute are highlighted in the lower section of the view.

Screen capture of the results of comparing two transaction definitions. The value of the attributes are displayed in the bottom two sections of the view. It also shows one of the attribute results selected in the top section of the view and the highlighted attribute in the lower sections.