The Affinities view displays an alphabetic list of resources with potential affinities related to the target object.
When CICS® transactions and programs use techniques to exchange data that require those transactions or programs to run in the same CICS region, or in a specific CICS region, the result is restrictions on the regions to which transactions and distributed program link (DPL) requests can be dynamically routed. If transactions or programs exchange data in ways that impose such restrictions, these are known as affinities between them.
Information about the currently selected affinity is displayed in the Properties view.
Right-click the item that you want to view the affinities for and click Show Affinities By Type. The Show Affinities By Type menu is linked to the type of object that is currently selected, rather than the view the object is in. You can also right-click in the Programs, Regions, and Transactions view to display the affinities menu items.
For more information about affinities, see Using affinities.