Resources are displayed in several places in CICS® IA plug-in. You can locate and view these resources in several ways.
To locate a resource, select Resource from the menu of the Find Resource field in the toolbar and enter the resource name in the with ID field and click the green search button. Resources that match the entry in the with ID field appear in the Resources view.
Use the CICS IA plug-in to run queries about resources and their usage. For example:
To view a list of regions and the resources that are being used in a particular region. | Use the Regions view and its menu. |
To view a list of programs for which information has been collected. | View in the Programs view. |
To view a list of transactions for which information has been collected. | View in the Transactions view. |
To view a list of applications for which information has been collected. | View in the Applications view |
To find resources that meet certain criteria; for example, running in a specific Task Control Block, and for a specific set of transaction IDs. | Create and run a query using the Queries view. |
To compare sets of resources; for example, between regions or over time. | Compare resource results using the Compare resources in the Resources view. You can save query results against a query and compare them using the Compare resources view. |
As well as locating resources and comparing different result sets, you can analyze usage between resources. For example:
To find the resources that a program or a
transaction is using: The search includes direct resources called by the program and any indirect resources used by called programs and transactions. For a given resource usage, you can see a breakdown of the commands being used, and where and by whom, in the set of programs and transactions. The breakdown gives an overall picture of the resource usage in the workflow, which can be further broken down by a specific region or gathered across all regions. |
Find the resources that a program or a transaction is using by using the Uses view. |
To find where a resource is being used:
The search results are direct programs and transactions that use the resource and where those programs and transactions are themselves used. The results build up a picture of the total set of programs and transactions that indirectly depend on the resource. You can break down these results by a specific region or gathered across all regions. |
Find where a resource is being used by using the Used by view. |
To analyze the command flow of a transaction:
For any transaction you can display the collected Command Flow runs. These are displayed in the Resources view. You can further analyze the task run from the results that show the Command Flow ID and the Task ID of any run that you choose. The execution of the Task ID is displayed in the Command Flow view. |
Analyze the command flow of a transaction using the Command Flow option. |