Using the EP search function

Use the event processing (EP) search function to search event bindings and EP adapter configurations for named resources. You can also search installed CICS® resources.

About this task

The EP search is a separate tab in the search dialog for the CICS Explorer®.

Procedure

  1. From the workbench menu bar, click Search > Search to open the search window, or press CTRL+H.
  2. Click the EP Search tab and type the search string. Select the Case sensitive check box to make the search case sensitive.
  3. Optional: Select the Search for resource type check box and select an entry from the drop-down box. You can limit the search to any one or more of the context, event options, or EP adapters, by selecting the associated check box. The EP adapter check box is disabled when online search is selected, this means that you cannot search for EP adapters in an online CICS system.
  4. Optional: Clear the Ignore predicates with operator "All" check box. The default setting for a predicate in a capture specification is All; when this check box is not selected, you receive search matches for all of these default predicates. It is likely that you want to search for capture specifications where the predicates specify filters such as Equals or Starts with for the resource name, so this box is selected by default.
  5. Click one or more options in the Search for source information field to search in application data or in information sources for variable names, structure names, or file names.
  6. Optional: Click Customize to set the scope of your search to a file search, EP search, or both. Click OK. This setting is saved across search sessions.
  7. In the Search scope field, click Workspace to search your work space, or CICS resources installed in and then select a CICSplex from the drop-down box.
  8. Click Search.

Results

The Search results tab opens. Click the plus sign (+) to expand all of the results, which show the event specification, capture specification, and location where the search match is. You can double-click on any of these to load the result into the editor and display it.