Starting CICS DA for the first time
The first time CICS Explorer® starts after CICS® DA
is installed, the Welcome screen is shown. Click the Workbench icon to close the Welcome page and view the Workbench. You open
the CICS DA perspective by
clicking the Open Perspective icon
next
to the shortcut bar, then clicking Other > CICS DA and
then OK. Alternatively, click Window
> Open Perspective on the Explorer menu bar and click Other
> CICS DA and then OK.
When CICS DA opens for the first time, all views are empty. You must connect to a system and perform a discovery before you can view any data. An example of the CICS DA perspective after connection and discovery are complete is shown in the following screen capture:

The
default perspective contains the following views. See the related
links for more information.:
- DA Explorer
- The DA Explorer view shows all your CICS DA connections. Each connection can contain information about CICS systems that CICS DA discovers. This information is called the model.
- Jobs
- The Jobs view shows the jobs that match the name and user you specify.
- z/OS® Job
- The z/OS Job view shows all the output data sets for a specified job.
- System Log
- The System Log view shows the system log for the current connection.
- Console
- The Console view provides a history of the actions performed, such as submitting a job, or changing and saving a file. The view also shows reports from CICS DA actions, for example cloning a CICS region, adding a CICS region to a CICSplex, and other data.
- Editor view
- The editor view shows the contents of files. The Editor view is empty in the example screen capture.
- Properties
- The Properties view shows details about the selected artifact. You can view the properties for CICS systems, data sets, data set members, or jobs.