The CICSPlex® SM monitor views present information in a layered approach, employing multiple views to present all the information for a given resource. The names assigned to the views reflect this layered approach.
The top-level view contains general information about multiple CICS® resources or CICSPlex SM definitions. General views have names that reflect the type of resource for which information is being displayed. For example, the MTERMNL view shows general information about monitored terminals.
Below the general view there may be one or more detailed views. These views present detailed information about a single resource within the CICSplex. The name of the first or only detailed view is, in most cases, the name of the general view with a D appended to it. For example, the detailed MTERMNL view is called MTERMNLD. If the general view name is already 8 characters long (the maximum length for view names), the last character of the name may be dropped and replaced with a D.
Some resources require additional detailed views to present all of the information available about them. The names of these views have numbers appended to them. For example, the second MLOCTRAN detailed view is MLOCTRA2.
Finally, for most general views there is a summary view. Summary views contain information about multiple resources that has been summarized by CICS system or some other grouping factor. An S is appended to the view name to indicate a summary view. So, for example, the summary view for MTERMNL is MTERMNLS.
Most monitor views have a corresponding operations view that presents operations data about the same type of resource. The name of each operations view is the name of the corresponding monitor view without the initial M. For example, the general operations view for terminals is TERMNL.
Table 2 summarizes the view naming conventions:
Type of view | How the name is formed | Example name |
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General view | Based on the resource being presented | MTERMNL |
Detailed view (first) | Add a D to the end of the general view name | MTERMNLD |
Detailed view (subsequent) | Add a number to the end of the general view name | MLOCTRA2 |
Summary view | Add an S to the end of the general view name | MTERMNLS |
Corresponding operations view | Delete the M at the beginning of the general view name | TERMNL |