The editor displays all the attributes and their values for a selected resource. To help simplify the update process, the attributes are displayed in pages in the editor, identified by tabs in the editor view.
To open an editor from a resource definition view, either right-click a resource and then click Open, or double-click a resource.
When the editor opens, the editor name tab displays the resource type and resource name. In the following example, the resource type being edited is a Pipeline Definition with a name PIPELIN1.
The Pipeline Definition editor has two pages, Overview and Attributes. A resource editor can have one or more pages depending on the resource being edited. The editor for a resource with many fields that can be updated has more pages than the editor for a resource with only a few fields that can be updated. To simplify the updating process, each page contains a collection of similar or related attributes.
When you open an editor
a breadcrumb trail is shown in the editor. In the example Pipeline
editor, the breadcrumb trail shows that the resource (PIPELIN1)
is located in the CICSplex CICSEXP2.
You can perform an action against the resource without closing the editor. Right-click on the resource name in the breadcrumb trail and selecting the action from the menu.
When you select the Attributes tab, a list of all the attributes (Properties) for the resource, and the attribute values, is displayed. The attributes are grouped together in a similar way as they appear in CEDA or the CICSPlex® SM WUI.
Attributes you can
edit are shown in normal text, while attributes that you cannot edit
are disabled. You can hide the non-editable attributes by clicking
the Show/hide non-editable attributes icon . The hidden icons can be redisplayed
by clicking the icon again.
When you change an attribute in an editor, a right-arrow (>) next to the attribute name indicates that the attribute value has changed. The resource is not changed until you save your changes as described in the following.
When you select a tab other than Attributes, the pages displayed contain the basic resource definition details such as Name, created and changed times and so on. In addition, the attributes that you can update are displayed, with more detail to assist you when updating the values. The following example shows the Overview page for the Pipeline editor.
The content of the pages varies depending on the resource being edited. Descriptions of each page are provided in the help for the individual editor.
If you have made changes to one or more attributes in the editor, and want to reverse one or more of the changes before you save them, you can use the Undo function.
On the Workbench menu, click Edit -> Undo, or use the hotkey combination Ctrl+Z. Each undo reverses the previous edit change until you reach the point where there are no more changes to undo.
When you make a change
in the editor, an asterisk (*) is displayed in front of the
resource name in the editor name tab . At the same time, the Save icon
is enabled, so that you can save the changes.
If you have unsaved changes and you attempt to close the editor or you try to change connections, a dialog is displayed asking you how to proceed. You can either save the changes, discard the changes, or cancel the close, or connection change request.
When your updates are complete, click Save ,or press Ctrl-S, to apply the changes to the definition. You can then close the editor. If you do not save the changes, when you attempt to close the editor a dialog is displayed asking if you want to save your changes or close without saving.