Getting started

With a few steps, you are ready to view the resources in your CICS® regions and begin to administer them.

  1. Install CICS Explorer®.

    See Installing.

  2. Configure system connections.

    You must configure CICS Explorer to connect to a CICSPlex® SM system or to a single CICS region. See Configuring a CICS system connection.

  3. Select a CICSplex or CICS region.

    When CICS Explorer is connected to a system, the CICSplex Explorer view displays the CICSplex and CICS regions in the current view scope. Select a CICSplex to see all resources in the CICSplex. Select a single CICS region to see the resources in that system.

  4. Select a view to start browsing and administering the resources.

    CICS Explorer displays resource information in views in the workbench. The resource view displays all the resources of that type in the selected scope. You can right-click a resource to display a menu of actions for the selected resource. See Views.