Many list panels contain filter fields above column headings, allowing you to specify values or patterns that the column values must match. These panels do not display any items until you press Enter. This allows you to adjust the filter, avoiding delays that may occur when retrieving many items.
The allowed filter values depend on the column and, in some instances, the particular list panel. For example, for resource definition names, you can typically specify an asterisk (*) as a wildcard to match zero or more characters, and a plus sign (+) as a wildcard to match any single character. You can specify any number of these wildcards in the filter value in any combination, and in any position. However, when listing resource definitions from the journal, using option 4.3 Historical Reports: CICSĀ® definitions, the only wildcard allowed for the resource definition name is a single asterisk as the last (or only) character. For more details on allowed filter values, move the cursor to a filter field, and then press the Help key (F1).
List, group, ResDesc, and ResGroup names are uppercase only. If you enter lowercase characters in a filter field for these values, the field converts the characters to uppercase.
The advantage of this is that you can match a resource definition named ABCD by typing abcd, without having to remember to type ABCD in uppercase. The disadvantage is that, if you really only wanted abcd, this filter also matches ABCD.
The resource type filter must specify either an asterisk to match all types or the name of a single type. You cannot use an asterisk as a suffix to match a subset of resource types. You only need to enter the first few characters of a resource type, enough to uniquely identify it. When you press Enter, CICS Configuration Manager completes the type; for example, TRANS becomes TRANSACTION. To select the resource type from a list, move the cursor to this filter field and then press the Prompt key (F4).