Option 4.3 Historical Reports: CICS® definitions displays a list panel of historical versions of resource definitions that match your search criteria. These historical versions are stored in the CICS Configuration Manager journal. Your search criteria can include a combination of:
Figure 1 shows the panel where you specify search criteria.
File Menu Settings Help ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── CCVPRCJS CICS Changes Selection Command ===> Specify report search criteria and press Enter to process Time criteria From date/time . . . Format YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM To date/time . . . . Format YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM CICS system criteria CICS Configuration + Context . . . . . . . + CSD file . . . . . . + General criteria API command . . . . . + Change Package . . . + Scheme . . . . . . . + User ID . . . . . . . F1=Help F3=Exit F4=Prompt F5=Rlocate F6=Zoom F7=Backward F8=Forward F10=Actions F12=Cancel
Figure 2 shows an example report using the API command CREATE as the search criteria.
File Menu Settings Help ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── CICS changes CICS Resources Row 46 to 67 of 80 Command ===> Scroll ===> CSR Filter * * + * / Name Type Group Command --- Changed ---- ID PAB1 TRANSACTION PAYROLL CREATE 2007/02/09 13:32 RJA2 PAB1 TRANSACTION PAYROLL CREATE 2007/02/09 13:30 RJA2 PAXX TRANSACTION PAYROLL CREATE 2007/02/09 13:10 RJA2 PAYFILE1 FILE PAYROLL CREATE 2007/04/17 13:17 PXP1 PAYFILE1 FILE PAYROLL CREATE 2007/02/09 08:11 RJA2 PAYFILE1 FILE PAYROLL CREATE 2007/02/09 08:09 RJA2 PAYFILE2 FILE PAYROLL CREATE 2007/02/09 08:10 RJA2 PAYFILE3 FILE PAYROLL CREATE 2007/02/09 08:12 RJA2 PAYFILE7 FILE PAYROLL CREATE 2007/04/17 13:18 PXP1 PAYINQ12 PROGRAM PAYROLL CREATE 2007/04/17 13:16 PXP1 PAYUPD01 PROGRAM PAYROLL CREATE 2007/04/17 13:15 PXP1 PAYUPD02 PROGRAM PAYROLL CREATE 2007/04/17 13:15 PXP1 PAY4 TRANSACTION RJAPAY CREATE 2007/02/09 07:53 RJA2 F1=Help F3=Exit F4=Prompt F5=Rlocate F6=Zoom F7=Backward F8=Forward F10=PrevPage F11=NextPage F12=Cancel
For examples of the actions that you can perform on this list panel, see Working with historical versions of resource definitions.
The journal contains historical versions of resource definitions only for changes made using CICS Configuration Manager. If you use another method to edit a resource definition, such as the CEDA transaction supplied with CICS, then the journal will not contain the version prior to that edit. For details, see Resource definition changes reported by CICS Configuration Manager.
You can also produce batch reports of changes to resource definitions. For details, see Auditing actions and changes to resource definitions.