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Status Under review
Workspace CICS Transaction Server for z/OS
Categories Explorer
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 15, 2025

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It would be nice to be able to group multiple CICSPlexes in explorer as a context

We have multiple CICSPlexes in our non production environment, all connected to the same maintenance point CMAS. It would be nice to be able to group multiple CICSPlexes into a group and specify the group as the CONTEXT in explorer. I can think of multiple ways this might work, either by being able to define groups of CICSPlexes statically or being able to select multiple CICSPlexes at the same time using the mouse along with the shift or CNTL key. Clearly not all functions would work in that mode (for instance workload management as this is specific to a CICSPlex), but looking at resources across multiple CICSPlexes or controlling multiple regions at once across CICSPlexes.

Idea priority Medium
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    Mark Pocock
    Nov 11, 2025

    We would like to understand more about the intended use case for this functionality.
    The CPSM architecture is tied to the context, which is up to a CICSPlex so it is not possible to change CPSM to offer this as a base capability. The CICS Explorer could potentially manage a consolidated "context" and make multiple requests to separate CPSM contexts under the covers, but we want to understand what will be achieved by doing this.

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