You can use the visualization preferences to change the colors that are used in the visualization views. You can also set the layout of the CICS® regions in the Connections view.
To open the Visualization Preferences page, click Window > Preferences on the main menu bar. Expand CICS Deployment Assistant, and click Visualization Preferences.
When a visualization view or a connection view is shown, the colors of the elements and connections are set by the CICS DA default colors. You can change the setting in the Visualization Preferences so that the elements use the colors that are set by your computer. These colors are called the system colors.
Select the check box in the Visualization Preferences page to use the system colors. The following example screen captures show the different colors. The first screen capture shows the default CICS DA colors, and the second screen capture shows the system colors.
You can control the layout of the CICS regions in the Connections view by using the visualization preferences page. The page contains two fields: Input and Output. You can click Add to add one or more CICS regions, group, or tags to the input or the output fields. Input elements are shown at the top, or left side of the connection tree, depending on the alignment of the view. Output elements are shown at the bottom, or right side of the connection tree, depending on the alignment of the view.
For example, you might decide that you want to view the connections as a horizontal layout, and that your FORs will be shown as inputs. You must first ensure that your FORs all have the same tag, then add that tag to the Input field. The following example screen capture shows the result, where the CICS regions L26FOR1, L26FOR2, and L26FOR3 are all tagged with FOR, and FOR is included in the input field in the visualization preferences page.
The following example screen capture shows the result, where the CICS region L26FOR1, L26FOR2, and L26FOR3 are all tagged with FOR, and FOR is included in the output field in the visualization preferences page.