Filtering a list panel

The following filters limit the items displayed on a list panel:

Path to the list panel
The sequence of menu options and line actions you use to navigate to a list panel determines which items the list panel can display. For example, selecting primary menu option 2 CICSĀ® Resources, and then entering line action S next to a CICS configuration, limits the subsequent list panel to displaying resource definitions from that CICS configuration. Other filters, described below, can further limit the items displayed. For a map of the different paths you can take to a list panel of resource definitions, see Figure 1.
Filter fields to restrict column values
Available on most list panels. The filter fields above the column headings on a list panel allow you to specify values or patterns that the column values must match.
Search criteria to restrict attribute values
Only available on some list panels. The Search action bar choice allows you to specify criteria that the attributes of resource definitions on a list panel must meet.
Show duplicate, unique, "different", or "missing" resource definitions
Only available on some list panels. The Show action bar choice limits the resource definitions displayed on a list panel based on comparisons between resource definitions. You can limit a list panel to show only duplicate or unique resource definitions, based either on their name and resource type, or a checksum calculated from their attribute values. The list panel applies the Show filter after applying the filter fields and search criteria.
List panels under option 4.1 Multiple Configs offer two additional choices:
Show different checksums
Shows resource definitions that have the same name and resource type but different checksum values.
Show missing names
Shows resource definitions whose combination of name and resource type exist in some but not all of the selected CICS configurations.

You can use the Show filter to identify resource definitions that need "cleaning up". For example, you can identify resource definitions that have multiple copies where you only need one; or resource definitions that have the same name and type, and should perhaps be identical, but have different attribute values.

Display limit on the maximum number of items on a list panel
Primary menu option 0 Settings allows you to set an upper limit on the number of resource definitions displayed on a list panel. If the number of resource definitions matching the filters exceeds this limit, then the list panel displays a message and does not show any items.

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