Loading the IVP data and connect to the CICS IA plug-in

CICS® IA provides sample data that you can load into your new IA DB2® database. You can then connect to the database with the CICS IA plug-in for CICS Explorer® and verify that your DB2 database is created successfully.

Loading the IVP sample data

  • To load the IVP sample data, review, and run job hlq.SCIUSAMP.DB2(CIUIVPLD). This job completes with a return code 0 or 4.

Viewing the IVP sample data

Before you complete this task, you must have the CICS IA plug-in installed into your CICS Explorer environment with an established a connection to the CICS IA perspective. For more information about connecting to the CICS IA perspective, see Getting Started with the CICS IA plug-in for CICS Explorer.

When you have a connection that is established and you have selected the CICS IA perspective, do the following tasks:Start of change
  1. In the CICS IA plug-in, open the IA Navigation view.
  2. Select Window > Show View > Other
  3. Enter IA in the filter box and select the IA Navigation view.
  4. Expand Cloud Explorer.
  5. Expand IVP_PLATFORM and GENAPP_APPL.
  6. Right-click the COMMERCIAL_PROPERTY_POLICY application and click Show All Resources. All resources for the selected operation are displayed in the Show Resources view.
  7. In the Show Resources view, expand the TRANSID resource type.
  8. Right-click the SSP4 transaction, then click Uses Resources > All Regions. The results are displayed in the Uses view.
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The following example screen capture shows the CICS IA perspective:

Screen image of the CICS IA perspective in the CICS IA plug-in.

Your CICS IA database is now successfully configured and created.