In the previous step, Unit Testing the Batch Application, you used the Bankdemo enterprise server. You are going to use it again for online testing.
As with JCL, execution of the jobs requires a previously configured
Micro Focus enterprise server.
Important: You need
Enterprise Developer or
Enterprise Developer for IBM zEnterprise to execute the application as running applications is not supported in
Enterprise Developer Connect.
Starting the Bankdemo enterprise server
If the enterprise server is not yet started, you need to start it as follows:
- In the IDE, open the Server Explorer window.
If the window is not visible, click
(or
).
- In the Server Explorer window, right-click the Bankdemo server and then click
Start.
Wait until the server has started. In the list of servers in Server Explorer, BANKDEMO still has a red square next to it. This is a refresh delay.
- In Server Explorer window, right-click
Micro Focus Servers
and click
Refresh to confirm the server has started.
Executing the CICS application
The CICS application requires that you use a 3270 terminal emulator. The installation of
Enterprise Developer includes the
Micro Focus Rumba emulator. Rumba is available as a standalone application, Rumba Desktop, and is also available as a TN3270 Mainframe Display embedded within the IDE. As part of this tutorial, you are going to use the embedded display to run the application.
Configuring the TN3270 settings in the IDE
To check the IDE preferences and ensure that the embedded Rumba display is selected:
- In the IDE, click
Tools > Options.
- Expand
Micro Focus, and click
TN3270 Display.
- Ensure that
Enable Display is checked and that the
Rumba (Embedded) display option is selected.
- Ensure that
Connect Automatically is checked.
- Click
OK.
Starting the
embedded Rumba display
- Right-click the BANKDEMO server in Server Explorer, and click
Mainframe TN3270 Display.
This opens the
embedded Rumba display and automatically establishes a 3270 terminal connection to the BANKDEMO server. You can see the starting page of the ES/MTO region BANKDEMO.
Executing the Enterprise Server Demonstration
- Press
Ctrl+Shift+Z to clear this window.
- Type in the transaction id
BANK and press
Enter to navigate to an application logon window.
- Type your logon details and press
Enter.
A suitable
User Id is
b0001. You can type anything as a
Password - the field must not be empty though.
- Type
/ against
Display your account balances and press
Enter to see the details for this customer.
- You can explore this application further if you wish or press
F3 to terminate it.
- You can close the embedded Rumba display.
Stopping the enterprise server
You can stop the Bankdemo server from within Server Explorer. You can leave it running though, if you wish to continue this tutorial.
Note: In production, enterprise servers are long-running processes that are usually run for many months without stopping and starting.
