Configuring a new collection environment

Start of changeTo create a new collection configuration, select option 3 from the configuration menu. End of change

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Press ENTER to complete, PF3 to go back or PF1 for help.                       
                                                                               
Please select how would you like to configure the CICS region or DB2:          
                                                                               
   3  0. Settings                                                              
      1. Configure new DB2                                                     
      2. Configure existing DB2                                                
      3. Configure new CICS                                                    
      4. Configure existing CICS                                               
      5. Configure new UDB                                                     
      6. Configure existing UDB                                                
                                                                
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************** CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS - V5R3M0 **************  
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Press ENTER to complete, PF3 to go back or PF1 for help.                       
                                                                               

Short or Full Configuration . . . S  (S/F)                                    
                                                                               
Please enter CICS configuration name and description:                         
                                                                               
 CICS Configuration  . . . CICSCONF                                            
 Description . . . . . . . Collection configuration                                                                                
                                                                
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To configure the CICS® IA collector, you must complete the following fields:

CICS configuration

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SHORT OR FULL CONFIGURATION
Set this option to S (Short), if you want to create a new collection (CICS) configuration by specifying the minimum number of required variables. All of the other variables are set to default values.

Set this option to F (Full), if you want to specify all of the required variables.

REQUIRED.

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CONFIGURATION NAME
The name of the new CICS configuration. Set the name to something meaningful such as the name of the CICS job , the CICS APPLID or a CPSM CICS group definition.

REQUIRED.

DESCRIPTION
A short description of the CICS configuration.

OPTIONAL.

DB2 configuration

DB2® CONFIGURATION FOR IA
The name of the DB2 configuration that is used to create the DB2 database where the collected data is stored. You can enter the name of an existing DB2 configuration or press PF4 to select an existing one from the list.
Note: If you are configuring the collector to use with a UDB database, use "UDB" as the DB2 configuration name.

REQUIRED.