Searching for a resource

You can search for CICS® resources defined in CICS CM in a number of ways.

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You can run specific searches, described below, or run searches using the search dialog.

Specific searches

  • You can show all resources for a group or a configuration; right-click a group or a configuration and select Show All Resources.
  • You can right-click any resource definition and select Find to display another option, Similar resources that searches for all resource definitions of the same name and type as the selected resource definition in the same configuration.
    Screen capture of Find menu with the options described before.
  • Program Definitions has an additional option. You can right-click any program definition, select Find, and a second option Transactions referencing Program is displayed.
    Screen capture of the group definitions Find menu options as described.
  • LSR Pool Definitions has an additional option. To open the LSR Pool Definitions view click Administration > LSR Pool Definitions. You can right-click any LSR pool definition, select Find, and another search option Files referencing LSR Pool is displayed.
    Screen capture of Find menu with the Files referencing LSR Pool option displayed.

Using the Search dialog

To open the Search dialog window, you can either click the search icon in the toolbarthe torch search icon or right-click in the Configurations view or the Groups view to display the menu shown below.

screen capture of the search menu displayed when you right-click in the Configurations or Groups view.

Click the type of search you want to perform and the Search window opens:

Screen capture of the Search window

To run a basic search, use the default values, enter the resource name, and click OK. The results are displayed in the Search Results view.

Screen capture of the Search Results window

If you click the Show Groups icon , the search results are displayed in groups with the resources in each listed. The Show Groups icon is a toggle that changes the results view from resources to groups and back to resources again. To view the list expand the group in the results tree.

If you click the downward arrow of the Show Previous Searches icon , you can view the results of previous searches and clear the search history.

screen capture showing the show previous searches menu. The options are choosing previous search results or Clear History.

See Defining a search for more information.

The implicit wildcard is applied in all searches, see Use of the wildcard in searches for more information.