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Using the IBM CICS Transaction Server Enhancements

Introduction to the CICS Explorer
The CICS Explorer is a system management tool for use by system administrators and operators. It is designed to provide a simple, easy-to-use way of managing CICS Transaction Server (CICS TS) systems.
Supported Operations Views
This topic describes the Operations menu item views that are supported when you use the CICS Explorer to connect to a CICS TS for z/VSE system.
Supported Definitions Views
This topic describes the Definitions menu item views that are supported when you use the CICS Explorer to connect to a CICS TS for z/VSE system.
Supported CICS Management Interface resources
This topic describes the CICS® Management Interface resources that are supported when you use the CICS Explorer (or equivalent HTTP requests) to connect to a CICS TS for z/VSE system.
Restrictions when connecting to a CICS TS for z/VSE system
This topic describes the restrictions when using the CICS Explorer to connect to a CICS TS for z/VSE system.
Installing and configuring the CICS Explorer
This topic describes the tasks you should follow in order to install and configure the CICS Explorer. This description differentiates between the CICS Explorer client-part (running on a local workstation, a remote network drive, or a shared Linux® server) and the CICS Explorer server-part (running on z/VSE).
Configuring a new connection to a CICS system
This topic describes how you can configure a new connection to a CICS system (a CICS Transaction Server for z/VSE or a CICS Transaction Server for z/OS system).
Using an existing connection to a CICS system
This topic describes how to use an existing CICS Explorer connection to connect to a CICS system (a CICS Transaction Server for z/VSE or a CICS Transaction Server for z/OS).
Using Job EYUPARM to enter or modify debugging commands
Using job EYUPARM, you can enter CPSM system parameter or modify the debugging commands and their parameters that are used for debugging the CICS Explorer.
Diagnosing problems within the CICS Explorer
This section describes the tasks that you perform to resolve problems when the CICS Explorer is used with CICS TS for z/VSE.
Messages generated when using the CICS Explorer
This topic provides a summary of the message prefixes that you might receive when using the CICS Explorer and where you can obtain explanations of these messages.
Configuring CICS Web support
CICS TS for z/VSE Support of HTTP/1.1
EXEC CICS DOCUMENT
EXEC CICS EXTRACT
EXEC CICS START
EXEC CICS TS
EXEC CICS WEB
HTTP header reference for CICS Web support
HTTP status code reference for CICS Web support
IANA media types and character sets
HTML coded character sets
Introduction to Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Configuring CICS to use SSL
Introduction to the ECI / CICS Transaction Gateway
This section provides an introduction to the CICS Transaction Gateway used with z/VSE, and the External Call Interface (ECI).
Configuring for ECI via TCP/IP
The DOCUMENT application programming interface
Programming with documents
CEDA DEFINE DOCTEMPLATE
CEDA DEFINE PROFILE
CEDA DEFINE TCPIPSERVICE
CEBR—temporary storage browse
CEDX — the execution diagnostic facility
CEMT INQUIRE/SET commands
Overview of CICS channels and containers
This topic provides an overview of the terms and concepts, when using channels and containers in a CICS Transaction Server for z/VSE (short form CICS TS for z/VSE) environment.
CICS API commands for using channels and containers
This topic provides reference type information for each CICS API command that you can use together with channels and containers.
How to use channels and containers
Channels are a method of transferring data between programs, in amounts that far exceed the 32KB limit that applies to COMMAREAs.
Relative Addressing Instructions in Assembler Programs
LE MAIN for Assembler
Migration Tasks - Overview
System Initialization Table - DFHSIT
Migration Planning for CICS System Definition Data Set (CSD)
Resource Definition Macro Changes
CICS-supplied Utility Programs
The Global User Exit Programming Interface
Changes to User-Replaceable Programs
Upgrade Dynamic Transaction Routing Programs
Monitoring and Statistics
Changes to the EXEC CICS application programming interface
How to migrate RPG II online applications to CICS TS for z/VSE
Changed internal CICS control blocks
CICS system initialization parameters
Trace entries