Importing CICS resource table views

You can import most table views that display a CICS® resource from a file that is being shared with you.

About this task

You can use several methods to import a view.

You can click the Open View Configurations icon open view configurations image in an open table view, which opens the CICS View Configurations page.

You can use File > Import, and an import window is displayed showing all the import wizards. If you type view in the filter box, the CICS Views wizard is selected and is expanded to show Import Views. You can select the wizard and click Next to import the views. However, after you complete the import by using this wizard, the Preferences pane is not shown, so the views that you imported are not listed, and the option to cancel is not available.

The preferred method is to use, Window > Preferences > Explorer > CICS View Configurations, and click Import to import shared views.

This procedure does not apply to the Resource Group Definitions view, Group List Definitions view, and a small number of older-style views, as listed in Changing specific resource views.

Note: Importing views means that this action is applied once. The views are not updated or synchronized if future changes are made to the file that is being imported.

Procedure

Use the appropriate method to open the Preferences window:
- Windows or Linux Click Window > Preferences on the workbench menu bar.
- OS X Click IBM Explorer for z/OS > Preferences on the main menu.
In the Contents pane of the Preferences window, expand Explorer then click CICS View Configurations.
In the CICS View Configurations page, click Import.
The Import Views pane shows a File Location field with two options to locate the shared views files.
1. You can browse locally and select the file that contains the shared views that you want to import. Click Open to see the views that are listed in the Import Views pane.
2. You can enter an HTTP or HTTPS URL into the field. After you enter a URL, CICS Explorer displays any available views in the Import Views pane.
Note: Your views might have the same name as existing views within your CICS Explorer, indicated by the warning message in the Import Views pane and a warning icon next to each view that is affected. To prevent your existing views from being overwritten, you can add a suffix to the name of the views you want to import. The suffix option helps you to distinguish the view from others you might receive in the future. An example suffix would be to add the name and date of the sender Pete 20160705, or just the date or name.
You can check the box next to any of the views you want to import, and add your preferred suffix in the field Rename imported views with a suffix.
If you want all of the views that are shown, you can click Select All, which checks all the boxes against each view and you can add your preferred suffix in the field Rename imported views with a suffix.
Click Finish to import the selected views with your chosen suffix. You see your imported views in the CICS View Configurations page, displaying the suffix that you used, and also asterisks that identify each of the changed views.
After you click OK and the changes are applied, the asterisks are removed.
If you click Cancel, your changes are not applied.

What to do next

You can configure or rename the view.

To open the new view, you can use the corresponding option on the CICS Operations or CICS Definitions menu.