Creating a CICS region
CICS® BAC lets you define a set of customized properties and resource
objects for any number of CICS regions. To do this, you must first define a new CICS region folder and then either use the default settings or create new
custom settings for each type of object. When you are ready to start defining
properties for a specific region:
- Click on the words CICS Batch Application Control at the
top of the tree pane.
- Select File > New > CICS region folder on the menu bar, or
click the New object icon to view the available options and then select CICS Region from the pull-down menu.
This adds a NEWCICS region name to the tree pane.
- Type the preferred CICS region name, such as "CICSPROD" and press
the Enter key on your keyboard. You cannot keep NEWCICS
as the region name. The new name you enter must match the actual CICS region's VTAM® applid exactly. The new name that you enter appears in the tree pane
next to a new folder.
- Click on the new CICS Region folder that you have created (e.g., "CICSPROD").
Notice that CICS BAC automatically created a new subfolder for each type of resource
object.
Also notice that the CICS Region folder contains its own set of
Region Properties (in the view pane) that are based on the default CICS Region properties
in the Default Properties folder. You can customize Region Properties for
each region by double-clicking the object shown in the view pane. For more
details on individual settings, see the discussion of Region Properties.
- Define the resource objects in this region using the steps in the following
sections. Then repeat this procedure as needed for additional CICS regions that
you want to define.