Identifying entry points by the resource they use

The CICS® IA plug-in provides a wizard to identify the entry points by a specific resource that is used. You can select to group the entry points by transaction, program, or web service only.

Before you begin

Ensure that your CICS IA Collector gathered detailed data for transactions, programs, and web services.

About this task

For transaction and program grouping, CICS IA returns the following data:
  • The transactions that are using the resource.
  • The initial program within the transaction that is using the resource.
  • The actual programs that are using the resource.
For web services grouping, CICS IA returns the following data:
  • The web services that are using the resource.
  • The programs that are associated with the web services that are using the resource.
  • The URIMAPs associated with the web services that are using the resource.
  • The actual programs that are using the resource.

Complete the following steps to identify entry points by the resource they use.

Procedure

  1. In any of the CICS IA views, right-click the specific resource.
  2. Select Application Entry points by resource used and choose either All Regions or Specific Region.

    List of menu options, which include Application Entry points by resource used

    The New Entry Points wizard opens.
    The New Entry points wizard.
  3. Select the type of grouping you want in the Call Type field. You can choose from on of the following types:
    • Transaction
    • Urimap
    The wizard is populated with all of the possible entry points.
  4. Select the release of CICS Transaction Server that you are going to deploy to. The CICS TS release that you select determines which types of entry points you can create. You can select from the following CICS TS releases:
    • V5.1 supports program entry points only.
    • V5.2 supports program and URIMAP entry points.
    • V5.3 supports transaction, program, and URIMAP entry points.
    • V5.5 also supports transaction, program, and URIMAP entry points.
  5. Select the tree type according to which you want to arrange the results. There are three tree types that you can choose from:
    • Tree by region
    • Tree by application
    • Tree by application with dependencies
    Scrren capture showing the tree by application
    Note: You can edit the generated operation names. Override the generated name in the Operation field by entering the name that you want to use.
  6. Optional: To create a new CICS Bundle, select New project in the Select or create a new project field. Otherwise, select an existing CICS bundle project to update. The CICS Explorer CICS Bundle Project wizard opens.
    The CICS Bundle Project window.
  7. If you are creating a new project, enter a relevant Project name and click Finish. The Bundle Overview page opens.The Bundle Overview page.
  8. In the wizard, click Finish The entry points are added to your project.
    Screen capture that shows the Application Entry Points.

What to do next

The new CICS bundle that contains the entry points, can be included in a CICS application bundle.

The bundle, which is created is stored in the Explorer Eclipse workspace and is available to CICS bundle applications that are created in the same workspace. The bundles are also available to the CICS platform bundle and the CICS application binding bundle.