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The What's New topic in the CICS TG plug-in help documentation describes the new and changed items in more detail. To display the topic, click
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The CICS TG plug-in must be installed in the CICS Explorer V1.0.0.5.
CICS Transaction Gateway V7.1 for z/OS® with APAR PK57718.
CICS Transaction Gateway V7.1.0.2 for Multiplatforms, or a later version.
CH50 SupportPac installed in CICS (CICS TG Ping Utility).
You must define a statistics API protocol handler in the CICS Transaction Gateway, before a Gateway daemon can be viewed using the CICS Explorer.
The configuration file CTGConnections.properties, that was used in earlier versions of the SupportPac, is not used in this SupportPac and is ignored.
If you already have the CICS TG plug-in installed you can use the CICS Explorer Software Updates function to update the code to the latest level, without having to reinstall the product. Before updating the CICS TG plug-in, you must update the CICS Explorer to the latest level. If you do not, CICS TG plug-in might not work with the old version of CICS Explorer.
Updating instructions are in the task Checking for and installing software updates in the CICS Explorer help documentation. To access the task from the main CICS Explorer menu:
If you accepted the license, the CICS TG plug-in is installed into the CICS Explorer. You are prompted to restart the CICS Explorer. This ensures that the CICS TG plug-in starts in a clean environment.
It is recommended that you reset the CICS TG plug-in perspective: Window > Reset Perspective and Click OK.
When the CICS Explorer restarts the CICS Explorer perspective is displayed. To open the CICS TG plug-in perspective, click the Open Perspective, click Other, and click CICS TG.
If you are not familiar with CICS Transaction Gateway you can read the Getting Started information in the help documentation. Click
to display the basic tutorial for theCICS TG plug-in.