Comparing resources

You can compare the results of previous resource searches. You can refine the comparison by combining results or excluding them.

What to do next

To compare the results, use the Compare toolbar icon torch icon from the Resources view to open the Compare search results window. Then specify which results you want to combine and which you want to exclude. You can quickly compare lists of resources to see differences. For example, to find all resources in region IYDZZ328 and not in region IYK3ZFD1, you can select each region in the Region window and use the menu option Show resources to create two search results, one for each region. Because the results are both stored in the history, they are accessible using the Compare toolbar icon .

The left pane of the Compare search results window lists all the available searches in the history. Any resources selected have their results included in the overall result. In the figure below, the results of the search Resource for IYDZZ328 are selected, so that all resources in their regions are included in the result.

The right pane of the Compare search results window lists all the available searches in the history. Any resources selected have their results excluded from the overall result. In the figure below, the results of the search Resource for IYK3ZFD1 are selected, so that any resources in this region are excluded from the result.

Screen shot of the Compare Search results window that shows the Show resources in and the and not in columns.

The overall result set combines all resources for searches that are selected in the left pane list that are not in any of the results from searches selected in the right pane list. The result is shown in the Resources view where all resource types that are in Region IYDZZ328 and not in Region IYK3ZFD1 are displayed.

Screen shot of the results shown in the Resources view.

You can select any number of searches in the history using the Compare search results window and can build up complex compound results of search inclusion and exclusion.

The Compare search results window relies on all of the searches being complete, and works by comparing resources available in the CICS IA plug-in. For large amounts of data, it is more efficient to create a query that defines the rules for resource inclusion and exclusion because queries are run on the server.