Administrative console taskbar actions
Use the taskbar of the administrative console to return to the
console Home page, save changes that you have made to administrative configurations,
specify console preferences, log out of the console, and access product information.
To view the taskbar, go to the WebSphere Application Server administrative
console and look at the horizontal bar near the top of the console. The taskbar
provides several actions.
- Home
- Displays the administrative console Home page in the workspace.
The workspace is on the right side of the console. The Home page provides
links to information on using the WebSphere Application Server product.
- Save
- Displays the Save page, which you use to save work that you have
done in the administrative console.
Changes made to administrative configurations are saved to a master repository
comprised of XML configuration files. To see what files are affected by the
changes, expand View items with changes. Periodically save your work
to ensure that you do not inadvertently lose changes that you have made.
- Preferences
- Displays the Preferences page, in which you can specify whether
you want the administrative console workspace page to refresh automatically
after changes, confirmation dialogs to display, and the default scope to
be the administrative console node.
- Logout
- Logs you out of the administrative console session and displays
the Login page. If you have changed the administrative configuration since
last saving the configuration to the master repository, the Save page displays
before returning to the Login page. Click Save to save the changes
to the master repository, Discard to exit the session without saving
changes, or Logout to exit the session without saving changes but
with the opportunity to recover your changes when you return to the console.
- Help
- Opens a new Web browser on online help for the WebSphere Application
Server product.
- Hide/Show Field and Page Descriptions toggle
- Enables you to select whether information on console pages and
fields within the pages is shown. Icons on the right-hand side of the taskbar
provide the toggle.

Using the administrative console

Preferences settings
Login settings
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Last updated: Jun 21, 2007 9:56:50 PM CDT
WebSphere Application Server for z/OS, Version 5.0.2
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