Creating application groups

Once you are finished creating all the CICS® region definitions and resource object definitions, you may choose to associate some of them with a specific application, such as Payroll. To use this feature:

  1. Click the Application Groups folder in the tree pane on the left side of the CICS BAC main window. This is where new application groups that you create are saved until uploaded to the host.
  2. Select File > New > Application group object or click the down arrow next to the New icon on the toolbar and select Application Group from the drop-down menu.
  3. This displays a dialog box that you can use to specify the new group name.
  4. Choose one of the following options:

    This opens the main window for your new application group.

  5. If you have already downloaded an application group from the host computer, the list of objects is shown already. At this point, you have two additional options:

    Use this dialog to obtain object names from the host using the EXEC CICS Inquire command, or by browsing the CICS region's CICS BAC control file. You can specify the object type and optionally a generic name to be used as a filter in the upper half of the dialog box and the acquisition method in the lower half. Click OK when finished.

  6. Once you have selected all the objects to be included, use the controls in the middle of the dialog box to arrange the objects in your application group.
  7. To save your changes, select File > Save or click the Save icon. To cancel any changes since the window was opened or since the last save, click the Cancel icon.
  8. When you are finished customizing this application group, select File > Close Window to exit.
  9. Repeat this procedure for additional application groups that you want to define in the current CICS region or in any others.