Sharing a CICS DA system model

When you have completed a system discovery and imported the information into a model, you can share that model with other users using a content management system that is supported by Eclipse, such as CVS, Subversion, or RTC. If you want to share the model without any content management you can export a copy of the model.

Before you begin

Data sharing with CICS® DA uses supplied Eclipse function rather than CICS Explorer™ or CICS DA specific code. To use data sharing you must first enable Team support in the CICS Explorer and then install and configure any additional Eclipse plug-ins required for the content management system used by your organization. Contact your system administrator to determine the content management system used by your organization, and how to install and configure it.

About this task

This task describes how to enable Team support in CICS Explorer and to share CICS DA models.

Procedure

  1. On the workbench menu click Window > Preferences to open the Preferences dialog.
  2. Expand Eclipse platform and click Capabilities.
  3. Click Advanced and expand Eclipse capabilities.
  4. Ensure that Eclipse Team UI capabilities is selected and click OK. Click OK to close the Preferences dialog.

What to do next

Team support is now enabled. You must install and configure any additional Eclipse plug-ins required for the content management system used by your organization. When your setup is complete you can share your system model by following these steps:

  1. In the DA Projects view select the project containing the model you want to share.
  2. Right-click and click Team > Share Project.
  3. Select the repository type and click Next. You are prompted on whether to use the repository connection already defined, or whether to create a new one.
  4. Click Finish to complete the action.

The project containing the system model is copied to the selected repository where it can be shared by other users.