The CICSPlex® SM operations views present information in a layered approach, employing multiple views to present all the information for a given resource. The names assigned to the views reflect this layered approach.
The top-level view contains general information about multiple CICS resources or CICSPlex SM definitions. General views have names that reflect the type of resource for which information is being displayed. For example, the TERMNL view shows general information about currently installed terminals.
Below the general view there may be one or more detailed views. These views present detailed information about a single resource within the CICSplex. The name of the first or only detailed view is, in most cases, the name of the general view with a D appended to it. For example, the first detailed TERMNL view is called TERMNLD. If the general view name is already 8 characters long (the maximum length for view names), the last character of the name may be dropped and replaced with a D.
Some resources require additional detailed views to present all of the information available about them. The names of these views have numbers appended to them. For example, the second TERMNL detailed view is TERMNL2.
Finally, for most general views there is a summary view. Summary views contain information about multiple resources that has been summarized by CICS® system or some other grouping factor. An S is appended to the view name to indicate a summary view. So, for example, the summary view for TERMNL is TERMNLS.
Most operations views have a corresponding monitor view that presents monitor data about the same type of resource, provided it is being monitored. The name of each monitor view is the name of the corresponding operations view with an M preceding it. For example, the general monitor view for terminals is MTERMNL.
Table 2 summarizes the view naming conventions using the TERMNL view as an example.
Type of view | How the name is formed | Example name |
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General view | Based on the resource being presented | TERMNL |
Detailed view (first) | Add a D to the end of the general view name | TERMNLD |
Detailed view (subsequent) | Add a number to the end of the general view name | TERMNL2 |
Summary view | Add an S to the end of the general view name | TERMNLS |
Corresponding monitor view | Add an M to the beginning of the general view name | MTERMNL |