Basic tutorial
The tutorial introduces the CICS Explorer® and outlines the basic functions to help you start using it. You can find additional information in the Tasks section in this help.
- Starting CICS Explorer for the first time
When you start CICS Explorer for the first time, it shows a Welcome view and uses a default location for the workspace that is used to save its data and configuration files. You can use the icons and links on the Welcome view to access information about getting started. You can use a different location for the local workspace. - The workbench
The workbench is a single window that consists of views and perspectives. - Configuring a CICS system connection
You must establish a connection between CICS Explorer and your CICS systems before you can view any information. You must provide details about the system connection, its location, and its authentication requirements. - Enabling or disabling CICS Explorer product components
You can disable a product component and limit the function available to use. If a product component is disabled, you can enable it to make the associated function available to use. - Perspectives
A perspective is a layout of one or more views in the workbench. You can decide how you want to lay out the views in CICS Explorer and save the layout as a new perspective. CICS Explorer provides a number of default perspectives, including CICS Cloud, CICS SM, and SM Administration. This information describes the perspectives and how to use them to meet your operational requirements. - Views
A view is a visual component in the workbench. CICS Explorer displays resource information in views. You can decide on the size and position of the views, and what information to show in them. These tasks explain how to work with the views to meet your operational requirements. - Editors
An editor is a visual component in the workbench that you can use for editing or browsing. You can use the CICS Explorer editors to view and change the attributes of CICSPlex® SM or CICS resources or resource definitions. - Getting and configuring help
You can use the CICS Explorer online help to browse, search, and print product documentation. Context-sensitive help is provided that gives an overview of the current resource, task, or field. You can set how help is displayed, set the search scope to include external sources of information, and integrate additional documentation with the CICS Explorer help. - Notices
This section provides the product legal notices.
Parent topic: Getting started