Searching for a group

Using the Configuration view you can search for groups defined in CICS® CM.

When you run Search for Groups on a selected Configuration or Configurations the results are displayed in the Search Results view. You can use the Compare with each other menu option to analyze these results further. See Comparing resources for more information.

To run Search for Groups follow the steps below.
  1. Select the Configuration or Configurations that you want to search. Hold down the Ctrl key and click the Configuration or Configurations that you want to compare. You can use the shift key if the Configurations are next to each other in the list.
  2. Right-click and select Search > Search for Groups. The Search window opens with the Group Search tab at the front.

    Screen caprure of the Search, Search for Groups menu.

  3. In the Group Name(s) field enter your search criteria. You can enter more than one search, for example, if you want to search for groups beginning with A and B, enter A, B. If you want to search for groups beginning BRT and BRQ, enter BRT, BRQ. The results are displayed in the Search Results view.

    Screen capture of the search dialog showing the Search Groups tab.

  4. To further analyze the results select and right-click a group and select an option from the menu.

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.