Creating a resource

You use the New wizard in CICS® CM plug-in to create a resource definition that can be installed in one or more active CICS systems. Before opening the New wizard, you must select a group in the Groups view.

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Restriction: Known Limitations in this release. In the Create Definition wizard there is a Data Repository field, that has content assist. If you press the Ctrl and space bar keys together, when you are in the text box, you see a list of repositories. In CICS CM, Ctrl and space bar display repositories from only CICSPlex® SM, so it does not display information for CICS CM and you cannot currently disable it. Do not change the value in the repository after you open the dialog. However, you can change the value in the resource group text box in the di
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To create a resource, perform the following steps:

  1. Open the New wizard using one of the following methods:
    • For this method you require a CICS SM connection. Right-click a CICSplex name in the CICSPlex and Repositories view, click New, and select the resource from the shortcut list, or select Other > CICS SM Administration to display all resources. Click Next. The New wizard for the selected resource opens.
    • Open the resource definition view for the resource that you want to create, right-click a resource definition in the view, and click New. The New wizard for the selected resource opens.
    • To use this method, you must first select a group in the Groups view. Click Explorer > New Wizards. Select the resource from the shortcut list, or select Other > CICS SM Administration to display all resources. Click Next. The New wizard for the selected resource opens.
    • To use this method, you must first select a group in the Groups view. Click the down arrow in the New wizard icon on the Explorer toolbar and select the resource from the shortcut list, or select Other > CICS SM Administration to display all resources. Click Next. The New wizard for the selected resource opens.
    • In the Groups view, right-click a group and New > Other to open the New wizard dialog.
  2. Complete the remaining fields in the wizard. You have the option to create a CICS System Definition (CSD) file, a CICSPlex SM repository, or a zFS directory. The Resource Group field is mandatory for a CICS System Definition (CSD) file, optional for a CICSPlex SM repository, and not applicable for a zFS directory.
    Note: Starting from CICS CM plugin version 5.4.0, the zFS Definition can be created. It has the following fields in the wizard:
    • Name: the name of the zFS Definition.
    • Description: a description of the zFS Definition.
    • Configuration: a zFS configuration. The field determines the value of the Location field.
    • Location: a read-only field, which is the value extracted from the zFS configuration's Root path field. This is intended to assist the user in determining the value for the following Relative path field.
    • Relative path: the path to the file or directory that this zFS Definition represents, relative to the zFS configuration's Root path. The Location and Relative path concatenated together will give the absolute path to the represented file or directory.
  3. If you want to save the new resource and immediately open it in the editor, ensure that the Open editor check box is selected.
  4. Click Finish.

The new resource is created with the default settings. If the Open editor check box was selected, the new resource is opened in the editor. If the check box was not selected, you can edit the resource from the specific resource view at a later time.