Controlling the CICSPlex SM Web User Interface
You need to consider administration, security and customization when deciding on how to control the CICSPlex® SM Web User Interface (WUI).
Administration
The CICSPlex SM WUI provides the administration transaction COVC for you to perform the following tasks:
- Start and shut down the CICSPlex SM WUI server
- View the server status
- View current user activity and terminate active user sessions
- Import and export repository definitions
- Set trace flags
Monitoring
Because a WUI server is defined as a MAS, it can be monitored using standard CICSPlex SM monitoring.
Security
The CICSPlex SM WUI uses your existing RACF® (or other external security manager) security profiles for CICSPlex SM.
Access is controlled by user ID and password at sign-on time.
You can set up additional security to control access to specific WUI menus, views and help panels, and to the View Editor.
You can also use the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) support to provide encryption on the connection.
See CICSPlex SM Web User Interface security access overview for guidance on setting up these security features.
Customization
The CICSPlex SM WUI is designed to be customized to match your business needs.
- Analysis of your business tasks and the relationships between the tasks.
- Creating user group profiles for groups of users with particular requirements such as operators or system programmers.
- Tailoring the menus and views, and adding any additional documentation.
As the WUI is designed to accompany your existing procedures, the main task in the creation of your interface is the tailoring of the menus and views for particular user groups, then adding any additional documentation you require. To help in this task, you can use the set of supplied views and menus as a starting point.