Exploring the Operations Console

IMS Connect Extensions Operations Console is implemented as an Eclipse plug-in for use in IBM® Explorer for z/OS® (z/OS Explorer).

Figure 1. The IMS Connect Extensions Operations Console for z/OS Explorer
The IMS Connect Extensions Operations Console for z/OS Explorer showing a list of IMS data stores, their statuses, and the update capacity weight (CWR) option selected. Also shown is a list of IMS Connect systems in the Navigation pane, the Common Services Library console window, and the build-in help system.

Default layout

By default the Operations Console has the following layout:

The layout is highly configurable. For example, you can open the Properties view to see a detailed view of the attributes of a selected item. Right-click a listed item in a table view and select Properties to display the Properties view. The Manage List Layout window allows a particular arrangement of tabular data in each view to be saved and reused.

Configuration settings that are changed during a session are saved to the user's specified workspace folder.

Navigation view

The Navigation view is a container for data sources, including all your IMS™ Connect systems and groups. Any systems that you have defined are displayed in the Navigation view. You can perform the following functions from the Navigation view:

Context menus

Right-clicking on most list items and data rows in the Operations Console displays a context menu showing the available options for the current panel or selected item.

Panel size and position

Panels within the Operations Console can be moved by dragging them to a new location. Panels can be resized by dragging the divider, which is the border between it and the next panel. You can maximize a panel by double-clicking its title. To restore it to its previous position, double-click the title again.

Displaying messages

IMS Connect Extensions messages display in the Common Services Library Console view at the bottom, below the editor panel. The context menu includes options to:
  • Search for a text string
  • Clear all messages
  • Lock the display so that the current messages remain visible as new messages are appended