CICSPlex SM Web User Interface enhancements

The CICSPlex® SM Web User Interface has been improved to make it more powerful and more usable. The Web User Interface is now functionally equivalent to the CICSPlex SM TSO end user interface, and is now the primary method of accessing CICSPlex SM.

User favorites
All WUI users now have the ability to save tabular and detail views on an ad-hoc basis to an easily accessible and editable menu of favorites. This allows you to reach frequently used views with just one click. Administrators have the additional authority to update the favorites of other users.

For more information, see User favorites

User group profiles
Administrators are now able to create profiles for groups of users. These profiles contain information such as default context, scope, CMAS context, menu and result set warning count. In this way administrators can configure the WUI in different ways to suit different groups of users in order to present an interface that is more tailored to individual needs.

For more information, see User group profiles

Business application services redesign
The design of the business application services section of the WUI, used to manage CICS® resource definitions, has been improved and simplified and should now be more familiar to users of CICS RDO.

For more information, see Business application services redesign

Record count warnings
The WUI can now be tailored to issue warnings before it opens a view that will generate large numbers of records. Following a warning you have the opportunity to alter the filters on the view in order to reduce the number of results returned. This improves WUI performance by reducing unnecessary waits.

For more information, see Record count warnings

Filter confirmation
The WUI view editor has been improved to enable you to include a filter confirmation panel before a view opens when you are creating or updating views. This means that when navigating to such a view, users will have the opportunity to amend filter content regardless of the size of result set that will be returned.

For more information, see Filter confirmation

Dynamic selection lists
The WUI now generates lists of potential values for various attributes in input panels. This enhances the usability of the interface by allowing you to select from a list of valid values, rather than having to remember them.

For more information, see Dynamic selection lists

Improved screen design
Several improvements have been made to maximize the use of screen space in WUI views and menus:
  • The use of screen space on detail views has been improved by providing the ability to display the information in two columns rather than one. You can design your own two-column detail views using the view editor.
  • The amount of white space on tabular views has been reduced by removing the Select All and Deselect All buttons, replacing them with icons that reside in the Record heading of the table.
  • You can now collapse filters in order to provide more screen space for data. Collapsed filters can be expanded whenever necessary.

For more information, see Improved screen design