Introduction to CICS TG plug-in

Enhancements to CICS® TG plug-in

New function
CICS TG Explorer view

The CICS TG Explorer view displays the CICS Transaction Gateways that are being used and the CICS server connections associated with the CICS Transaction Gateway. You can test Gateway and CICS connections and refresh the status of the CICS Transaction Gateways. You can also import and export connection groups in the CICS CTG Explorer view,

See CICS TG Explorer view for more information.

Gateway daemons view

The Gateway daemons view displays status and activity information for Gateway daemons that are both defined and available. You can test a Gateway connection and customize the columns in this view.

See Gateway daemons view for more information.

CICS connections view

The CICS connections view displays status and activity information for the defined CICS server connections and active CICS server connections. You can test CICS connections and customize the columns in this view.

See CICS connections view for more information.

Properties view

The Properties view displays information about a selected Gateway daemon or CICS connection.

See Properties view for more information.

Console view

The Console view displays the response when you test a Gateway connection or a CICS connection.

See Console view for more information.

Configuring connections

You can create multiple connections under the same type. The connection names that you create are displayed in the CICS TG Explorer view. You can see all your connections by name in the drop-down in the Connections window.

See Configuring a system connection for more information.

Resource column layout

You can now customize the column layout in the Gateway daemons, CICS connections and Property views.

See Gateway daemons view for more information.

Filters

You can now filter the information displayed in the Gateway daemons view, by Name and information displayed in the CICS Connections view, by Server.

See Working with views for more information.

Support for CICS TG for Multiplatforms

The CICS TG plug-in is now supported on CICS TG for Multiplatforms.