A view set is a number of related views that are used together to manage the same managed object.
A view is a display format that is used to
interact in a particular way with the specified managed object. A view exists
within a view set. Views can display information about CICS® resources or CICSPlex® SM definitions.
The different types of views are:
Views consist of a number of possible components:
A map is a special type of view that displays
the relationship between a group of associated resource definitions. See Mapping CICSPlex SM definitions for more information.
This is displayed at the top of the page and is the descriptive title of the view. This title is similar but not always identical to the link on the associated menu. The title area includes the link to the customizable help if available, print preview icon, and a resource icon.
This area is always present.
This information is displayed at the bottom of a view below the work frame. It is always present.
The resource name is the name of the resource object associated with the view. Each resource object is represented by a resource table. These resource tables are described in the CICSPlex System Manager Resource Tables Reference.
All WUI views supplied with CICSPlex SM by IBM® are named EYUSTARTobject.viewtype where object is the name of the associated resource object and viewtype describes the type of view. For example, the view named EYUSTARTTASK.TABULAR is a tabular view listing active tasks. It is derived from a resource table named TASK. EYUSTARTCSYSDEF.CREATE is a definitional view used to create a new CICS system definition. It is derived from a resource table called CSYSDEF.
Throughout this document views are referred to by menu names rather than file or resource names.
This area displays messages and contains a help icon to the right of the area that links you to the explanation of the message being displayed.
This area appears automatically when required.
This area allows you to set the context and scope and refresh the view currently displayed. You can refresh views in two ways:
For information about setting the selection criteria, see Selection criteria.
This area appears automatically, as applicable, but the contents may be customized using the View Editor. For information about the View Editor, see Customizing the Web User Interface.
You can refresh the view displayed at any time by selecting the Refresh button in the selection criteria and refresh area, when available.
The automatic refresh function is available only if you are using a Javascript-enabled browser. The automatic refresh function allows you to control how frequently the data in a view is updated. For information about automatic refresh, see Refreshing views.
This is the information that is displayed in the work frame. A form is always present if there is data.
The contents of the form depends on the type of view being displayed:
Each attribute in a tabular view is displayed
in a separate column. The
(select all) and
(deselect all) icons at the top of the Record column allow you to select one or more records for an action.
You can use these icons to select or deselect all of the records that matched
your selection criteria. You can also combine the select all icon and the
check boxes in the Record column to select all, then
deselect a few.
On a summarized display, which is a special form of the tabular view, the number in the Record count column indicates the number of records combined into the single line of summary information. The total number of records and the number of display pages in the summary is indicated above and below the summary table. You can perform actions on all the items in a summary line by selecting the check box in the left-hand column.
The up and down arrow icons (see Table 2) in a column title box indicate that the contents of the columns can be sorted in either ascending or descending order. For information about sorting a tabular view, see Sorting a view.
The summarize icon (see Table 2) in a column title box indicates that the column can be used to summarize the data in the view.
The fields to be used for sorting and summarizing a tabular view are defined when the view is created using the Web User Interface View Editor. See Summarizing a view for details.
Some attribute values may appear as links to other views. Selecting a link displays related information.
Attribute labels can be links to other views.
Attribute values can be modifiable to allow you to enter your own values.
See Figure 3 for an example of a single-column detail view.
The confirmation panel may contain the following buttons:
Button | Meaning |
---|---|
Yes to n remaining | Perform the action for this and all the remaining resources in the selection list; where n is the number of records remaining. |
Yes | Perform the action for this resource only and display the details of the next resource in the selection list |
No to n remaining | Cancel the operation for this and for all remaining resources in the selection list; where n is the number of records remaining. |
No | Do not perform the action for this resource and display the details of the next resource in the selection list |
A confirmation panel may include parameters for some actions.
It may be possible to select check boxes or radio buttons, or type a value
into an input field to specify parameters for an action. Required parameters
are marked with the icon
. Figure 4 shows
an example of a confirmation panel.
The various types of forms may contain attributes that appear mainly as a simple textual representation of the information contained in an instance of a CICSPlex SM resource. Attributes may also appear as graphical presentations, for example, as warning lights or bar gauges.
All the attributes on tabular displays are display only, but detail forms can contain interactive controls that allow you to enter your own values.
For example, you may want to change the priority of a local transaction. You could select the transaction name from your view of local transactions. This may take you to the detail view of the transaction. You can now enter the priority in the Priority entry field if available, select the check box next to the entry field, then select the Set button or the button that you use to apply your changes, to change the value.
For more information see Modifying attributes and entering parameters.
Parameters may appear only on confirmation panels and may be specified for an action. For example, on a CICS region shutdown confirmation panel, see Figure 4, you may have the opportunity to specify the normal, immediate or takeover parameters for the shutdown action. For more information see Modifying attributes and entering parameters.
Attribute and parameter values are entered on views using selection lists and entry fields as follows:
Selection list screens include an entry field containing the value currently being used to filter the list. To use a new filter, type a new value in the entry field and click Refresh.
Filters and context and scope fields are not able to generate dynamic selection lists.
Attribute selection list screens show all, or a filtered subset, of the attributes for a base table sorted by attribute name. They are used mainly for evaluation definition creation.
You can reduce the number of values displayed in a selection list by specifying filter values. These filters differ from filters as they normally occur in the WUI as they use only the = (equals) operator. You can type a generic value as the value for the attribute using the wildcard symbols * (asterisk) and + (plus sign) in the usual way, for example DW*. On a selection list screen you can then alter the values displayed in the list by modifying the filter value that appears in the box at the top of the screen.
A link allows you to connect a field in one view with related information in another view. Links can originate from the following locations:
There are two types of links:
Link fields are highlighted in the normal manner for your web browser.
At various places on a display, extra information can be shown in the form of a fixed annotation. Annotations may be used to show any brief notes you require.
For example, in the menu shown in Figure 6 the menu annotation is, 'Welcome to your Home menu. Please select a task from the following list. Use the 'Help' link for further information.'.
For example, in the menu shown in Figure 6 the sentence 'Display list of active CICS regions.' under menu choice 'CICS regions', is the menu choice annotation.
Action buttons are often displayed on views at the bottom of the work area. These include:
Action buttons can either:
For detail views, the action is performed on the resource displayed on the view. However, for tabular views, you can mark multiple records for an action, by selecting the check boxes displayed in the first column. If you prefer to perform the action on all the records, you can use the Select all icon. You can also use the Deselect all icon to clear your selection. The number of records selected on tabular and summary views is displayed above the tabular information as ' n records on n pages'.
If you mark more than one record for an action, the behavior depends on the type of action as follows:
When the operation is complete, all check marks are reset.
This is a link to special on-line help documents and is optional. This help is called the customizable view and menu help. For information about the customizable view and menu help see Customizable view and menu help.
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