adding the default filter for Tasks

package.json

@@ -513,6 +513,12 @@
           "description": "Default filter criteria for Local Files",
           "scope": "window"
         },
+        "zowe.cics.tasks.filter": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "default": "(TRANID=*)",
+          "description": "Default filter criteria for Tasks",
+          "scope": "window"
+        },
         "zowe.cics.allPrograms.recordCountIncrement": {
           "type": "number",
           "default": 500,

src/trees/CICSTaskTree.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 *
 */
 
-import { TreeItemCollapsibleState, TreeItem, window } from "vscode";
+import { TreeItemCollapsibleState, TreeItem, window , workspace} from "vscode";
 import { CICSRegionTree } from "./CICSRegionTree";
 import { getResource } from "@zowe/cics-for-zowe-cli";
 import * as https from "https";
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ export class CICSTaskTree extends TreeItem {
   }
 
   public async loadContents() {
-    let defaultCriteria = '(TRANID=*)';
+    let defaultCriteria = `${await workspace.getConfiguration().get('zowe.cics.tasks.filter')}`;
+    if (!defaultCriteria || defaultCriteria.length === 0) {
+      await workspace.getConfiguration().update('zowe.cics.tasks.filter', '(TRANID=*)');
+      defaultCriteria = '(TRANID=*)';
+    }
     let criteria;
     if (this.activeTransactionFilter) {
       criteria = toEscapedCriteriaString(this.activeTransactionFilter, 'TRANID');