Features and benefits
Eclipse Rich Client Platform: Lightweight, powerful, extensible framework. Small disk footprint starts in seconds.
Connection management: Manage and share secure connections to CICS TS, tools and z/OS services with from a single panel
CICS operations and definitions Define, install, copy and paste, and manipulate all CICS resource definitions
Repository choice Flexible deployment with support for CICSPlex SM repository and CICS System Definition (CSD) files
z/OS perspective An intuitive and secure way to view and edit z/OS datasets and zFS files, submit JCL, and view output and job logs
Event binding editor Create and deploy CICS application and system events
Event search Locate event bindings when changing related applications
ATOM feed wizard Quickly define and deploy ATOM feeds
SIT view View CICS system initialization parameters
Transaction tracking Follow complex CICS transactions as they flow through the CICSplex and quickly solve those tricky hung task problems
Java SDK Develop and deploy CICS java programs with the new Software Development Toolkit for CICS Explorer
Query management: Wide range of standard queries plus rich query editor so you can easily modify these or create your own
Dynamic resource relationships: See both uses and where used relationships for deployed CICS resources. For example, right-click a file to see all of the programs that use it (requires CICS IA licence)
Point-and-click navigation: Much easier to follow a sequence of resource relationships
Data filtering: Helps to reduce the volume of data displayed, so that you can identify the required relationships more easily
Dynamic perspectives: Resize, reorder, or sort columns. Move, tab, or resize views. See CICS your way!
Smart resource editors: Tabbed structure with radio buttons, combos, radios, and other advanced controls to simplify creation or editing of complex CICS resources, with no need to learn "magic values".
Editor validation: Keystroke client validation makes the CICS Explorer more responsive
Powerful online help: Browse, search, and print documentation with context-sensitive help and text search capability. The help is displayed in a Help view in the workbench, in a separate Help Contents window, or in an external browser window.
Using tools integrated with CICS Explorer - customised layout
