Switching to the IMS Explorer perspective
The IMS™ Explorer perspective is the development environment for IMS Explorer projects. It allows you to import, manipulate, and generate IMS resource definitions. As you develop IMS applications, you can switch to the perspective where IMS database and program definitions are supported. After you open the IMS Explorer for the first time, you are automatically in the IMS Explorer perspective.
Procedure
If you are coming into the IMS Explorer from IBM® Rational® Application Developer for WebSphere® Softwareor IBM Data Studio, you can complete the following steps to open the IMS Explorer perspective: