Filtering data

A request for CICSPlex® SM managed object data can produce a large number of managed object records. Without filters, the Web User Interface returns all of the managed object records that exist within the current context and scope. You can use a filter to limit the number of resources retrieved by a request.

You use the View Editor (see Customizing the Web User Interface for information about the View Editor) to choose the filters that will be available on a view, and to determine the order in which the filters appear.

There are two types of filter:
  • Parameters. For each parameter, you define a value.
  • Attributes. For each attribute, you define two fields: a relational operator and a value.
There are some situations when filtering of attribute values can sometimes lead to unexpected results:
  • Attribute values are rounded in Web User Interface views to a maximum of three decimal places. Internal values are often more precise than this and might not match the filter value. For example, consider an attribute with a value of 4000 bytes, which is 3.90625KB. Given that the most precise value you can set as a filter value is 3.906 (to three decimal places), an attribute with a value of 4000 bytes would not be displayed.
  • Only one filter expression can be used for any particular attribute. If you specify multiple filter expressions for the same attribute, only one of these expressions is applied. The others are ignored.

To apply a filter, select the Refresh button.

To clear a filter, delete the contents of the field or select the blank option from a selection list and press the Refresh button.

Once the selection criteria have been set you are presented with an appropriate menu or the appropriate data in a view.