What's new in this release?
Version 1.1.1 adds further enhancements
to the CICS Explorer®:
- A new infrastructure to manage system connections
- Support for CICS® TS for
VSE/ESA
- Support of the z/OS® Management
Facility (z/OSMF)
- Ability to copy and paste resource data to a spreadsheet
- Ability to export a file or folder to a z/OS Unix file system
- Ability to create a z/OS Unix
file
- Ability to create a data set
- Ability to create a resource from an existing definition
- Ability to see the contents resource definition group
- Support for multiple selection job submission from the z/OS Data Sets view
- Support for deleting or purging multiple files in the z/OS Explorer
- 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 use Installation Manager to install the CICS Explorer SDK. However if you do
use this method to install CICS
Explorer, you must install all future updates by using Installation
Manager.
The What's New topics in the CICS Explorer help documentation describes
the new and changed items in more detail. To display the topics, click on the CICS
Explorer menu.
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Updating an existing version of CICS Explorer
If
you already have the CICS
Explorer installed on your workstation you can use the Software
Updates function to update the code to the latest level, without having
to reinstall the product. 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:
Note: When the CICS Explorer update is
complete you must follow the same procedure to update any CICS tools plug-ins that are installed
in the CICS Explorer.
If you do not, the tools might not work with the latest version of CICS Explorer.
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Downloading the CICS Explorer
Note: If you
are developing a third-party application to run as a plug-in in CICS Explorer, you must
download the CICS Explorer SDK
and install it into an existing Eclipse environment. For more information,
see
Downloading the CICS Explorer SDK.
You
must select the CICS Explorer files
for your operating system.
- For the Windows operating
system
- Download the .zip file.
- For the Linux operating
system
- Download the .tar.gz file
To download the CICS Explorer compressed file for Windows or Linux:
- Click the download link for the relevant operating system.
- In the dialog box that opens, select "Save" and save it in a temporary
directory.
- When the download is complete, extract the contents of the compressed
file to any writable directory of your choice, for example;
- C:\Program Files\Explorer on Windows
- ~/Explorer on Linux.
Ensure that the directory you choose does not contain any other
files.
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Downloading the CICS Explorer SDK
The CICS Explorer SDK must
be installed into an existing Eclipse environment or an Eclipse-based
product, such as Rational® Application
Developer and the IMS™ Explorer.
You can install CICS Explorer SDK
by using the Eclipse Software Install wizard. Alternatively, if you
installed the Eclipse product by using Installation manager, you might
decide to install CICS
Explorer by using the Installation Manager offering.
:
Downloading and
installing the CICS Explorer SDK
compressed file by using the Eclipse Install wizard:- Click the CICS Explorer SDK
download link.
- Save the zip file in a temporary directory on your workspace.
For example, c:\temp on Windows,
or your home directory on Linux.
Do NOT unpack the file.
- Install the CICS Explorer SDK
into your Eclipse environment by using the Eclipse Install wizard.
Note: If you get the message: Cannot complete the
install because one or more required items could not be found,
select the Contact all update sites during install to find
required software check box in the Install
new software > Install dialog and try the operation again.
If
you want to use the Eclipse Software Updates function to receive future
updates, you must first add the address of the update site in Eclipse.
The address of the update site for the CICS Explorer SDK, is http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/htp/cics/updates/explorer/1.1/1.1.1/.
For more information, see in the CICS Explorer help.
Downloading
and installing the CICS
Explorer SDK by using the Installation Manager offering:- Click the CICS Explorer SDK
Installation Manager offering download link.
- Save the zip file in a temporary directory on your workspace.
For example, c:\temp on Windows,
or your home directory on Linux.
Do NOT unpack the file.
- Use Installation Manager to install the CICS Explorer SDK into your Eclipse
environment.
If you choose to use the Installation Manager offering
you must install all future CICS
Explorer updates by using Installation Manager. The address of
the Installation Manager repository for the CICS Explorer SDK is http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/htp/cics/updates/im/explorer/1.1/1.1.1/.
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Starting the CICS Explorer
To start the CICS Explorer, double-click
the file cicsexplorer.exe (cicsexplorer on Linux), in a subdirectory called CICS_Explorer. CICS Explorer uses a local
workspace to save its data and configuration files. When CICS Explorer starts you can choose
the location of the workspace in the Workspace Launcher dialog.
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Getting started
The CICS Explorer help documentation
is integrated with the product and includes a basic tutorial and instructions
on configuring a connection. To display the CICS Explorer basic tutorial perform
one of the following actions:
- From the welcome screen, click the Tutorials icon.
The icon names are displayed when you hover over them.
- From the main menu bar, click:
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Known issues and limitations
The
following limitations exist in CICS
Explorer version 1.1.1:
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