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Explorer

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visualize mapping of resources to groups to lists to regions

Provide a visualization of the relationship between RDO resources, groups, lists and CICS regions
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Add ability to perform actions in Aggregated Explorer Views

I am using the CICS Regions view in CICS Explorer for illustration but, to my knowledge, this applies to all Explorer aggregated views. With multiple CICS regions selected, performing a right click gives a selection list of actions that can be per...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

CICS System Policy for Extra Partition TDQ WRITE output, to detect large output TDQ; there is one at Task Level

We have several output TDQ's that get filled with Millions of TDQ Writes; fills up JES Spool; get paged to Close/Open TDQ to SPOOL off. We have PLT process to do this at Midnight; but now they are filling at arbitrary times; we get paged with aler...
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

Provide Full BAS support within CICS Explorer

The WUI has features (i.e. BAS) that are required in the CICS Explorer to make it more robust and useful. The following are examples of those features: - RASGNDEF (Resource Assignment Definition) or facility to create, display, modify, and delete ...
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer view "CMAS Details" needs extending

CICS Explorer view "CMAS Details" only shows a single CMAS based on which one is selected in the CMAS Explorer view. Having to select each CMAS in turn to view or perform actions against is time consuming.
about 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

Implement CEDA CHECK (e.g. for LIST) to ensure CICS region starts properly

Implement the CEDA CHECK option in CICS Explorer (see http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/cicsts/v4r2/topic/com.ibm.cics.ts.resourcedefinition.doc/ceda/commands/dfha4_check.html) to allow for example checking LISTs for consistency
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

SIT parameters in a table view

The ability to see system initialization parameters in a table view for the entire plex, rather than per region.
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

New Event Processing - System Event - Terminal monitoring

EP System Event for Terminals
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer - Perspective Import/Export

Ability to Import/Export Individual CICS Explorer (installation defined) Perspectives
almost 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer - Add EYUVC1294W (Region Timeout) Information Detail

Currently if a region in a Plex is having an issue that causes either a GUI display or CPSM Batch API timeout the WUI displays a EYUVC1294W message that details which region is causing the problem. We do not have a messagelike that in CICS Explore...
almost 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration