"The objective of this IBM Redbooks publication shows how you can use the extensible design of CICS Explorer to complement the functionality already provided, with added functionality tailored to the needs of your business. We show how to: Install the CICS plug-in SDK into your eclipse environment; Develop a simple plug-in for the CICS Explorer; Deploy the plug-in into CICS Explorer. We provide several useful examples of plug-ins that we developed during the residency using the methodology we describe. The starting point for the book is that you already have CICS Explorer installed and configured with connectivity to your CICS region or CICSPlex, and that you are looking for ways to customize CICS Explorer"--Resource description page.