The workbench is a single window that consists of views and perspectives.
A perspective is a layout of one or more views in the workbench. CICS Explorer comes with three perspectives: CICS SM, Resource, and System z. For more information about the perspectives, see the related links later in this topic.
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 open
a different perspective by clicking the Open Perspective icon
on the menu bar and clicking a different 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.