Perspectives

The IBM® Initiate® Workbench user interface contains an editor and a set of work areas called views. Together, they form a Workbench perspective. This perspective defines an optimized, task-based orientation of the most-used functions of IBM Initiate Workbench.

The shortcut bar appears along the right edge of the window and provides quick access to all perspectives currently in use. It also contains any fast views you create as shortcuts to the views you use most often. The Configuration, LDAP, User Management, CloverETL and Analytics perspectives are the perspectives most used within IBM Initiate Workbench.

The perspectives that enable you to work with the Hub and Hub data are:

• Analytics: This perspective displays four Analytics views by default, which enable you to view multiple analytics queries side-by-side. You can find more information about using the views in this perspective in Analytics.
• Configuration: The main editor window enables you to manage the dictionary data for the Hub or to design and edit algorithms. You can find more information about using the views in this perspective in Configuration editor and Algorithms.
• Clover ETL: The CloverETL function lets you design and execute data extract, transfer and load (ETL) operations in a graph format. You can find more information about using the views in this perspective in the usage topics about Initiate Workbench.
• Inspector Configuration: The Inspector Configuration perspective is used to edit the inspector.arm file, which stores the IBM Initiate Inspector application configuration. When changes to this configuration file are deployed to the Hub, any browser used to open the IBM Initiate Inspector application automatically receives the IBM Initiate Inspector configuration when the user logs in. Details on using the views in the Inspector Configuration perspective are located in Initiate Inspector Configuration.
• LDAP: The main editor window displays the LDAP server information for editing as needed. You can find more information about using the views in this perspective in User management.
• Monitoring: The JMX browser packaged with Workbench provides an easy method for monitoring performance and resource consumption. You can find more information about using the views in this perspective in Operational monitoring.
• User management: This perspective enables those unfamiliar with LDAP to add users and assign them to groups. You can find more information about using the views in this perspective in User management.