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.
- 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.
- 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.
The results do not display the resources that match exactly.
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.
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.
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.
- Select two Configurations in the Configurations view.
- 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.
- Select a group from each configuration in the Search results view.
The groups for each configuration are displayed below the configuration
name.
- 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.
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.
- Select two definitions that you want to compare.
- Right-click and select Compare with each other.
The results are displayed in the top section of the new view that
opens.
- 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.