Applications view

The Applications view displays information about CICS applications. An application references a set of bundles that define where the application code is located, the prerequisite services that must be available, and the CICS resources that are required in each CICS region in which the application runs..

To open the Applications view, click Operations > Applications from the main menu. You can search for a particular application with the Filter tool at the top of the view window.

A screen image of the Applications view showing the context menu displayed when you right click on an application.

Right-click an application and from the context menu, select Open to open the Application Definition view.

A screen image of the Application Definition view showing the properties of the selected application.

The Application Definition view is read only, you cannot change any of the properties. If you need to change the definition, right click the application and from the context menu, click New from to create a new copy of the application definition. You can then modify the new application definition.

The new application definition must have a unique name and version number. For example, you can use the same name with a different version number. This provides a method of change control where the previous versions of an application definition are not lost when changes are made.