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 The Workbench icon to close the Welcome page and view the Workbench. You open the CICS® DA perspective by clicking the Open Perspective icon 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:

A screen capture of the default CICS DA perspective

The default perspective contains the following views. See the related links for more information.
DA Projects
The DA Projects view shows your CICS system projects. Each project can contain information about CICS systems that CICS DA has discovered.
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.
z/OS Command
The z/OS Command view provides an interface to the z/OS console. You can enter commands in the text field and see the response in the view
Console
The Console view provides a history of the actions you have 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 so on.
Editor
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.