This topic describes the new dynamic selection lists feature of
the CICSPlex® SM
Web User Interface (WUI).
The WUI is now capable of generating dynamic selection lists in a similar
way to the TSO EUI. Fields capable of generating a selection list, are marked
with the icon

to the right of the text input box. For resource
input fields, clicking the icon opens a screen like this:
Figure 1. Resource selection list screen
The valid values are displayed on the screen in tabular form sorted by
resource type. To make a selection from the list you just select a radio button
and click OK.
Selection list screens include an entry field containing the value currently
being used to filter the list. To use a new filter, type a new value in the
entry field and click Refresh.
Only attributes and parameters in entry fields in task guides, tabular
and detail views are capable of generating selection lists. Filters and context
and scope fields are not able to generate selection lists.
The selection list screen for metadata attributes requests show all, or
a filtered subset, of the attributes for a base table sorted by attribute
name. They are used mainly for evaluation definition creation.
You can reduce the number of values displayed in a selection list by specifying
filter values. These filters differ from filters as they normally occur in
the WUI because they use only the = (equals) operator. You can type a generic
value as the value for the attribute using the wildcard symbols
*(asterisk)
and
+ (plus sign) in the usual way, for example,
DW*.
On a selection list screen you can then alter the values displayed in the
list by modifying the filter value that appears in the box at the top of the
screen.
Note: If you type in a value that does not contain generic characters,
this value is still used as the filter regardless of whether any values will
be displayed in the selection list. This differs from the current EUI behavior,
which would produce a list of all available values if no values are produced
when it is supplied with an attribute that does not contain wild cards.