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