Logging on to MainView Explorer

To log on to MainView Explorer

1. From the MainView Explorer launch page, click MV Explorer.

   Tip

   Select the auto-logon check box if you want 

   MainView Explorer

    to retain your logon configuration for future use.

   The Logon dialog box appears. The options that are available depend on parameters defined by your system administrator.

2. Use one of the following configurations (as defined by your system administrator) to enter your credentials:

   • User ID and Password. Enter your TSO user ID and password in the appropriate boxes.

     Note

     If your TSO password has expired or you want to change your password, use the New password box.

   • Use client certificate for logon (required). If this option alone is available (other options are dimmed), you are required to provide a security certificate in order to log on to MainView Explorer. Contact your system administrator to acquire a certificate.
     The system checks your computer for a valid certificate that contains your logon credentials. If more than one certificate exists on your computer, a window appears from which you can choose the appropriate certificate.

     Note

     The first time you log on using a client certificate the Remember certificate choice check box is available. Select this check box if you want MainView Explorer to retain the name of the client certificate you chose.

     For subsequent logons the check box changes to, Certificate to use, and the name of your previously selected certificate appears below it. Clear the check box if you want to select a different certificate.

   • Use client certificate for logon and Use credentials for logon. If both options are available, you can choose between logging on with a certificate or using the standard user ID and password logon. 

   Tip

   For more information, see the knowledge articleConfiguring TLS and SSL Support in MainView Explorer.

3. If the Allocate user datasets for personal use check box is available, indicate whether to allocate user data sets to contain your customized views and configurations (instead of saving them to the site-wide data sets). If this option is not available, skip to Step 5.
   • If you want to allocate user data sets, select the Allocate user datasets for personal use check box.
   • If you do not want to allocate user data sets, clear the Allocate user datasets for personal use box.
4. If you selected Allocate user datasets for personal use in Step 3, provide the following information:

   1. In the Template for user datasets box, specify the template for your data set names.
      The template can consist of your TSO prefix (%UPREFIX), your user ID (%USERID), and the data set name (%BBDEF). You can arrange them in any order. Only %BBDEF is required, and it resolves to BBVDEF or BBCDEF (BBVDEF for customized views, and BBCDEF for customized configurations). If you do not specify %BBDEF in your template, BBVDEF or BBCDEF is allocated to the data set name as the low-level qualifier.

      Example

      The following examples show valid templates and the allocated user data sets for user ID MYID01:

      • %USERID.TEST.%BBDEF (or %USERID.TEST ) allocates MYID01.TEST.BBVDEF (and BBCDEF).
      • PROD.U%BBDEF.%USERID allocates PROD.UBBVDEF.MYID01 (and UBBCDEF).
      • %USERID.&SYSNAME..%BBDEF allocates MYID01.SYSC.BBVDEF (on SYSC).

      Including the system variable &SYSNAME., enables you to use the same data set template on different system images.

   2. To insert the %USERID token in the template, select the Insert token for User ID box.

   3. To insert the %UPREFIX token in the template, select the Insert token for User prefix box.

      Note

      If your site administrator specified a template in the MainView host server startup procedure, the Template for user datasets box and the Insert token boxes are dimmed. If you choose to allocate user data sets, they will be named according to the site-defined template.

   4. If the Insert token for User prefix box is selected (either by you or because of the site-wide template), type your TSO user prefix in the User prefix field.
5. Click OK. MainView Explorer opens in a separate window.