Version 1.1.1 adds further enhancements to IBM® CICS Explorer®. Here is a description of the more significant new items available in this version.
New function | Description |
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A new infrastructure to manage system connections | CICS Explorer now provides the ability to manage your system connections in a new way. Using the Host Connections view you can manage all your CICS, and other system, connections and load or import connections from a shared, centrally located, file. For more information about configuring a CICS system connection using the new connection infrastructure, see the topic Configuring a CICS system connection. |
Support for CICS TS for VSE/ESA | CICS Explorer now provides the ability to connect to a CICS TS for VSE/ESA system running on z/VSE 5.1. For more information about
CICS TS for VSE/ESA, see the web page |
Support of the z/OS® Management Facility (z/OSMF) | CICS Explorer now provides the ability to connect to the z/OSMF product. Using the z/OSMF product you can view the output of active jobs and cancel or delete jobs. See the topic Configuring a z/OSMF system connection for more information. |
Ability to copy and paste resource data to a spreadsheet | CICS Explorer now provides the ability to select resource data in a view, and paste it into a spreadsheet, or save the data as a comma-separated variable (csv) file. See the topic Copying and pasting resource data to a spreadsheet for more information. |
Ability to export a file or folder to a z/OS Unix file system | CICS Explorer now provides the ability to export a file, or a folder containing one or more files, to a z/OS Unix file system. See the topic Exporting a file or folder to a z/OS Unix file system for more information. |
Ability to create a z/OS Unix file | CICS Explorer now provides the ability to create a new file in a directory in your z/OS Unix file system using the CICS Explorer z/OS perspective. See the topic Creating a new z/OS Unix file for more information. |
Ability to create a new data set | CICS Explorer now provides the ability to create a new Partitioned Data Set (PDS), Partitioned Data Set Extended (PDSE or Library data set), or a Sequential data set, using the CICS Explorer z/OS perspective. See the topic Creating a new data set for more information. |
Ability to create a new resource from an existing definition | CICS Explorer now provides the ability to copy the attributes of an existing resource, and either create a new resource with the same attributes, or create a new version of the existing resource. See the topic Creating a new resource from an existing definition for more information. |
Ability to see the contents resource definition group | CICS Explorer now provides the ability to display the resource definitions that are contained in a resource definition group. See the topic Viewing the members in a resource group for more information. |
Support for multiple selection job submission from the z/OS Data Sets view | You can now select multiple batch data sets in the z/OS Data Sets view and submit them all at the same time. For more information about submitting jobs, see the topic Submitting a batch job. |
Support for deleting or purging multiple files in the z/OS Explorer | You can now select multiple files in the z/OS Data Sets view, the Jobs view, or the z/OS Unix Files view, and delete or purge them all at the same time. |
Ability to create a Job Submission project and JCL files, in the Project Explorer view in the resource perspective, while working offline | You can now create and edit a JCL file in your local workspace from the Resource perspective. You do not need an active system connection to create or edit the file. For more information about creating local JCL files, see the topic Creating local JCL files. |