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 CICS Resources, and then entering
line action S next to a CICSĀ® 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 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 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.