The DA Projects view provides a hierarchical view of the resources in the CICS Explorer Workbench. When you create a CICS® Deployment Assistant project it is shown in the DA Projects view, and the system information discovered by CICS DA is imported into the project. The imported information is known as the model.
The components of the model are the CICS regions in the system. From the DA Projects view you can view the model and its components, and perform actions against them.
In the following screen capture, the DA Projects view shows a single project called Prod 1. The text following the project name identifies the CICS DA connection, , and the host address of the model.
Each component is indicated by an icon. The components and their icons are listed in the following table:
Icon | Component |
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The CMAS icon |
The CICS region icon | |
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The CICS region (WUI) icon with the active port indicator. The information in parenthesis indicates the type of port and the port number. |
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The subsystem icon |
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The z/OS system image icon |
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The active region decorator is added to an icon
to indicate that the region or subsystem is currently active. For
example an active CICS region is indicated by this icon: ![]() |
If you want to see details of the job that was submitted to start the CICS region you can click the CICS region in the DA Projects view and the job details are shown in the z/OS Jobs view.
You can select one or more CICS regions and perform actions against them. When you right-click your selection you can select an action from the menu. The actions available depend on the type and number of regions selected. Some of the actions are listed in the following table:
Action | Result | Action | Result |
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Compare | Compare one component against another. The components can be in different models. | Copy | Copy the component and its properties. |
Delete | Delete the selected component or components from the model. | Export | Export one or more components or models. |
Import | Import one or more components or models into the DA Projects view. | Move | Move one or more components into a different model. |
Open | Open the component in an editor view, to browse or edit the contents. | Rename | Rename a component or model |
Replace | Replace the selected component or components with a previous version from local history. | Show view | Show the attributes of the component in a view in the CICS SM perspective. |
Connect | Connect to a WUI region and see the details in the CICS SM perspective. | Start Region | Start the CICS region |
Stop Region | Stop the CICS region | Clone Region | Create a new CICS region using the old one as a template. |
See the related information for more details on the actions.