The workbench

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 close the Welcome view and display the default CICS SM perspective. You can return to the Welcome view at any time by clicking Help > Welcome.

You can change the layout of the views in a perspective but can always restore the original perspective 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.

Main workbench view