What's new in the CICS PA plug-in V5.1

Enhancements to CICS® PA V5.1 plug-in.

New Function Description
Connections use secure sockets layer

Connections between CICS PA and CICS servers can now use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for increased security.

Improved handling of Explorer plugins

Explorer updates and plug-ins can now be managed from a single composite update site. See the Explorer documentation for more information.

Sheet view enhancements
You can now:
  • Save your layout configuration as a template for reuse later. You can also include the filter in the template.
  • Utilise advanced where clauses.
  • Export and import sheet view layouts
Improvements to refining data selection
You can now:
  • Filter the data by values and date-time.
  • Sort according to any data value.
  • Change layouts to display the data exactly as you want it.
Sort function works on server

Sorting is now done on the server for improved performance and to provide more flexibility for data selection.

Date control moved to tool bar

The date control has been moved to the tool bar for easier access.

Visualization of transaction suspend time

Analysis of transaction suspend data can now be displayed as charts.

Enhancements to Application displays
  • Menus extended to be available to other plug-ins.
  • Display data as pie charts
Enhancements to support CICS PA v5.1

New fields for CICS PA v5.1 are shown in reports in the PA plug-in.