Introduction

There are two types of event console users. They are defined as follows:
Administrator
Personnel who have the responsibility to configure event groups, configure event consoles, and assign operators to event consoles. Administrators have access to the Configuration view, Summary Chart view, Priority view, and the Event Viewer.
Operator
Personnel who have the responsibility to manage events on a regular basis using the Event Viewer. Operators have access to the Summary Chart view, Priority view, and the Event Viewer.

Whether you are an administrator or operator is based on your Tivoli authorization roles, which are defined in Tivoli Management Framework. See the IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console User's Guide for additional information about the roles required for administrators and operators.

Accessing Views

To access a view, click Windows  from the menu bar and select a view from the pull-down menu.

Accessing the Event Viewer

To access the Event Viewer, select either:

Online Help System

The online help system provides all of the procedural, conceptual, and dialog information for configuring and using event consoles. To access context-sensitive help from the event console, press the F1 key or the Help button while a window has focus. To generally access help, select Help from the menu bar. Installation and overview information is located in the IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console User's Guide.

The help system contains the following navigators. Each is accessed by clicking on its tab in the left pane of the Tivoli Enterprise Console - Help window.
Table of contents
Provides navigation information similar to the table of contents in a book. Some topics are grouped into folders you can expand and collapse by clicking the turner icon next to the folder. To view a topic, click its title.
Index
Provides navigation information similar to the index in a book. To find a term in the index, either:
Search
Provides navigation using a full-text search facility. Type a word or phrase in the Find text box and press Enter. The search facility returns a list of topics that contain the word or phrase. Along with the topic names, the following two pieces of information are also shown adjacent to each topic name in the list:

By default, the first topic in the results list is displayed in the content pane. To view other topics, click on them in the results list.

Consider the following items when using the search facility:

To print help topics, click the print button in the toolbar of the IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console - Help window while the topic is displayed.

To traverse topics previously viewed, click on the previous and next buttons in the toolbar of the IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console - Help window.

To control the splitter bar between the navigator and content panes, click the zoom buttons located at the top of the splitter bar, or drag the splitter bar. Manipulating the splitter bar enables you to adjust the size of the split panes in the IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console - Help window.

To close the IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console - Help window, click the icon in the left corner of the title bar; then, select Close from the pull-down menu.