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.

A connected Gateway daemon is indicated by the Gateway connected icon Gateway connected icon and information about that Gateway daemon and the associated CICS connections are available in the Gateway daemons and CICS connections views. If the Gateway daemon is connected there is also a count of the number of CICS connections that are active and potentially active for that Gateway. For example, (2/3) means that two CICS connections are active out of a possible three CICS connections.
An active CICS connection is indicated by the CICS connection active iconCICS connection active, green and a disconnected CICS connection is indicated by the CICS disconnected icon CICS disconnected, grey. However, CICS connections that use the EXCI protocol are not predefined and are not included in the potentially active number until they are active. To test a CICS connection, right-click the CICS connection name and click Test CICS connection, the results are displayed in the Console view.
The Gateways are grouped logically in the CICS TG Explorer view under the APPLID qualifier, in this example CTG72L1Q. The CICS server connections are displayed under the parent Gateway daemon.

CICS TG Explorer view, showing Gateways and CICS connections with various icons

To test the Gateway or CICS connections right-click the Gateway or connection name and click Test Gateway connection, or Test CICS connection. The results are displayed in the Console view.
When you select a Gateway or CICS connection the Gateway daemons and CICS connections views are automatically populated.
  • When you select a Gateway qualifier, all the Gateways and CICS connections associated with that Gateway qualifier are displayed in the Gateway daemons and CICS connections views.
  • If you select a Gateway, all the CICS connections associated with that Gateway are displayed in the CICS Connections view.
  • If you select a CICS connection, only information about that connection is displayed in the CICS connections view.
You can select multiple Gateways or CICS connections if you hold down the Ctrl key .

You can refresh the status of all Gateways, and single Gateway or multiple Gateways of your choice. To refresh the status of all Gateways click the Refresh status for all connections icon refresh status for all connections icon in the toolbar. Each active Gateway is refreshed in turn and inactive Gateways are ignored. To refresh a single Gateway right-click that Gateway and click Refresh status. To refresh multiple Gateways of your choice hold down the Ctrl key and select the Gateways that you want to refresh, right-click and click Refresh status. The Connecting message informs you of the progress of the refresh.

For further information about the CICS Transaction Gateway, see the CICS Transaction Gateway for z/OS® Version 7 Release 2 information center.