Resource Visualization view

Use the Resource Visualization view to display a visual representation of programs and transactions as groups.

The Resource Visualization view displays resources as containers that you can expand to show the child resources. It provides an alternative to the Show Resources view, where resources in a region are displayed in a list.

To open the Resource Visualization view, right-click one of the following resources, then click Visualization:

Each container in the Resource Visualization view has a title with a resource name, an icon that represents the resource, and the number of child resources. By default, the resources are grouped by platforms, and then by applications. If you visualize a region by transactions, or if you are connected to a CICS® IA Version 5.1 or earlier database, the resources are grouped by regions, and then by applications.

In the following example screen, resources are grouped by platforms, and then by applications. Platform GENAPP_PLATFORM has two applications, six transactions, and 18 programs.

You can expand each container to show further details about the child resources. To expand or collapse each container, use the expand/collapse button next to the container title.

To change the resource grouping that is displayed, expand or collapse all the containers, or show the connections for a program or transaction, you can use the toolbar icons.

To move around the view, use the scroll bars. Alternatively, you can use the Outline view, which provides a reduced size view of the complete contents of this view.

To print the resource visualization diagram, use the Print icon in the CICS IA perspective toolbar.