The workbench is a single window that consists of views and perspectives.
- Views
- A view is a visual component in the Workbench, which displays
related information about the CICSplex. For example, the Tasks view
displays information about all the CICS® tasks
in the CICSplex or a single CICS region
in the CICSplex. You can add, delete, move, and size views in the
workbench.
- Perspectives
- A perspective is a layout of one or more
views in the workbench. The first time CICS Explorer™ is started, the
Welcome view is displayed. Click the Go to Explorer icon
to minimize the Welcome view and display the default CICS SM perspective. You can restore
the Welcome view at any time by clicking the Restore Workplace icon
, or by clicking Help > Welcome from the
Menu bar. You
can change the layout of the views in a perspective but can always
restore the perspective to the last saved configuration by clicking Window
> Reset Perspective from the menu bar.
An example Workbench view is shown below.
A shortcut bar appears in the top right corner of the window. Use
the shortcut to open new perspectives and switch between ones already
open. The name of the active perspective, in this example CICS SM, is shown in the shortcut
bar.