Customizing a workspace

Complete some preparation steps before customizing a workspace.

Before you begin

Identify and clone the workspace to be customized. For more information about locating and cloning a workspace, see Browsing, locating and cloning a workspace. In the procedure that follows, the starting point is a cloned workspace. The workspace that is used as an example is the ITM Situation Status & Message Log (KOBSITEC) workspace. When you successfully clone a workspace, it is identified by an asterisk (*), which is displayed after the workspace name, as shown in the following example:
Figure 1. A cloned workspace is denoted by an asterisk (*) after the workspace name
A cloned workspace that shows an asterisk character (*) after the workspace name.

About this task

This task lists the preparation steps that you must complete each time that you want to customize a cloned workspace.

Procedure

Preparation steps:

  1. Go to the cloned workspace.
    For example, the Situations Status and History (KOBSITEC) workspace.
  2. Go to the workspace source view by selecting View > Workspace Source from the workspace view.
    The contents of the workspace source, (KOBSITEC) in this example is displayed in the Partitioned Dataset Member (KOBPDSD) workspace view.
    Figure 2. Workspace source view of the product provided ITM Situation Status & Message Log (KOBSITEC) workspace.
    Screen that shows workspace source view for workspace KOBSITEC
  3. Start an ISPF file editor session in parallel to your enhanced 3270UI session. To start an ISPF editor session, use a TSO logon, then locate and edit the workspace to be customized from your user workspace data set.
    For example, the KOBSITEC workspace in the user workspace data set (hilev.rtename.UKANWENU).

Customization steps:

  1. Choose and complete the customization that you want from the following choices:
    Option Description
    Change a workspace and subpanel header See Changing a workspace and subpanel header
    Change the order of displayed columns See Changing the order of displayed columns
    Change a column caption and width See Changing a column caption and width
    Remove a subpanel See Removing a subpanel
    Adjust the number of filterable columns and filter location See Adjusting the filterable columns

What to do next

For more information about other definition statements that can be used to customize workspaces, see Other workspace customization.