DA Projects view

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.

A screen capture of the DA Projects view showing a project (Test) which has been expanded to show the CICS regions in the project.

Each component in the model is categorized according to its type. The categories are shown in the Project tree:
  • CMASes
  • Regions
  • WUIs
  • Subsystems
  • z/OS® system images

Each component is indicated by an icon. The components and their icons are listed in the following table:

Table 1. Components and icons
Icon Component
The CMAS icon The CMAS icon
The CICS region icon The CICS region icon
The CICS region icon with the active port indicator The CICS region (WUI) icon with the active port indicator. The information in parenthesis indicates the type of port and the port number.
The subsystem image icon The subsystem icon
The z/OS system image icon The z/OS system image icon
The active region decorator 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: The active CICS region 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:

Table 2.
Action Result Action Result
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.