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Explorer

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CICS Explorer: Workloads CICS routing

View all routing regions and see which workloads they are routing for.
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Delivered

zFS file attributes and status info in table view in z/OS Explorer

Show zFS files in a table like view (similar to other CICS Explorer views) including their attributes
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Delivered

Allow setting a context with a central text field rather than selection

add a central text field that allows to set the context scope quickly instead of selecting a region/ group/ etc. from the other views
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 6 Delivered

MFA/2FA authentication for z/OS unix file explorer

IBM Explorer for z/OS not connect to FTP connections for when using 2 factor authentication.
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Delivered

CICS Explorer: CICS System Link Definitions

Create a view for CICS System Links Definitions.(As equivalent in WUI Resource name: SYSLINK. View name: EYUSTARTSYSLINK.TABULAR)
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Delivered

Request for CICS Explorer to show LSR pools

Enhance CICS Explorer to show LSR pools in the Operations view. Include buffer pool, size, number of buffers, reads, lookasides, etc. Same data as is available in the CPSM WUI.Thanks!-Paul
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Delivered

Summarize feature

WUI has a wonderful feature which is sadly missing from CICS Explorer: Allowing the user to summarize the results by any field selected, getting the subtotals and also the values that are similar for each of the fields.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 5 Delivered

Cics Explorer Developer Edition

We want to use the Cics Explorer, but we have the problem, that if we give the Cics Explorer to the Developers they will see everything. This will cause many questions, why we have made things like we did them and also will take a lot of work to s...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Delivered

Add a "clear all filters" option

add a “clear all filters" option in the workspace or as CICS explorer startup option that resets all filters in the CICS Explorer views.
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Delivered

Definition Views should contain CSDGroup as default column

All definition Views should contain the CSDGroup instead of having to add it manually in every one
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 7 Delivered