The CICS bundle manifest editor

The CICS bundle manifest editor shows all the information about a CICS® bundle in a single view. Use this editor to add, edit, or import resources, and perform actions on the bundle.

In a CICS bundle project, information about the bundle contents is contained in the cics.xml file located in the META-INF folder. In the Project Explorer view, double-click the cics.xml file to open the bundle in the CICS bundle manifest editor.

The CICS bundle manifest editor contains three tabs: Overview, Entry Points, and Policy Scopes. You can switch the tabs at the bottom of the editor.

The Overview tab

The Overview tab has four sections that show information about the contents of the bundle:
The Overview tab of the bundle manifest editor
The General Information section
Shows the bundle ID and version number.
The Defined Resources section
Shows the CICS resources that are installed and managed by the bundle. Click New to create a resource and add it to the bundle, or select an existing resource and click Remove to remove it from the bundle. You can select one or more resources and use Move Up or Move Down to change the position of the resources in the list.
The Actions section
Shows the actions that can be performed on the bundle.
The Imported Resources section
Shows the resources on which the bundle depends. You can add new dependencies, or remove or change existing dependencies. For more information, see Defining bundle dependencies.

The Entry Points tab

If your CICS bundle project is part of a CICS application, you can define resources as access points to the application, known as application entry points.
The Entry Points tab of the CICS bundle manifest editor

Application entry points can be used to control users' access to different versions of an application that is deployed on a platform. When defined together with a policy scope in a bundle that is deployed into a single CICS region, application entry points can also be used to restrict the scope of a policy that defines task rules to specific user tasks. For more information, see Defining application entry points.

The Policy Scopes tab

Use policy scope to restrict the scope of a policy that defines task rules further to a specific operation of an application. For more information, see Defining policy scopes.