The Host Connections view

The Host Connections view is the single place to manage all your system connections and login credentials. You can import or load shared connection definitions from an external file, and export definitions to a file.

To open the Host Connections view, click Window > Manage Connections from the workbench menu bar. The following example screen capture shows the Host Connections view from the CICS Explorer. There are four connection types shown: One connection is defined for each connection type and all connections, with the exception of the z/OSMF connection, are associated with a credential. The credential is indicated in parenthesis after the connection name.

In the Credentials section two credentials are shown.

A screen capture of the Host Connections view

The Host Connections menu bar contains the following icons:
Expand all icon
The Expand All icon is used to expand the trees in the view and show all the connections.
Collapse all icon
The Collapse All icon is used to collapse the trees in the view and show only the connection categories.
Show Links icon
The Show Links icon is used to show connections that are loaded from an external connections file.
Load Connections icon
The Load Connections icon is used to load or import connections from an external connections file.
Export Connections icon
The Export Connections icon is used to export connections from an external connections file.

For more information on working with connections, see the related links.