The CICS Cloud perspective

The default CICS Cloud perspective consists of a core set of views for cloud administration. The active perspective name is displayed on a button in the shortcut bar.

CICS Cloud perspective button

The CICS® Cloud perspective consists of the following views:
  • Cloud Explorer
  • Project Explorer
  • Problems
  • Properties
  • Search

The following screen capture is an example of the CICS Cloud perspective:

The CICS Cloud perspective

You can use the Cloud Explorer view to show applications and platforms that are not installed, and you can switch the hierarchy from platform to application by using the switch hierarchy icon The switch hierarchy icon.

You can use the following icons in the shortcut bar The shortcut bar showing the create application binding, application, bundle, platform, and policy icons to create application bindings, applications, bundles, platforms, and policies.

You can use the icon in the connection status barConnection icon to select or edit a system connection.

You can tailor the perspective by adding new views, removing existing views, moving views around, or changing the size of views. When you close CICS Explorer®, any changes you made to the perspective are saved, and next time CICS Explorer starts, your tailored perspective is displayed.

You can restore the perspective to its last saved configuration at any time by clicking Window > Reset Perspective from the main menu for the workbench. You can reset the supplied perspectives to their default configuration by clicking Restore Defaults on the Perspectives pane in the Preferences window.

You can create and save multiple perspectives. For example, you might set up one perspective that shows only the Platforms and Applications views, and another perspective that shows only the Cloud Explorer, Project Explorer, and Problems views. For more information about using perspectives, see the related links.
Note: When you save a perspective, you save only the layout of the views and editors in the workbench. Any filter attributes you set are retained when you switch to another perspective or view.

If the views and functions in the perspective are not available, check that the associated CICS Explorer product component is enabled. See Enabling or disabling CICS Explorer product components.