Parts of the workspace

A typical workspace consists of an action bar, a header, up to 15 subpanels, and a footer.

Action bar

The action bar is the first line of the workspace. The bar has an input field on the left side, and a set of dropdown menus across the length of the line. You can use the input line to enter navigation and action commands and mnemonics of up to 16 bytes. The date and time of the session is displayed to the right of the action bar.

Header

A screen capture of the top of a workspace

The workspace header consists of the following parts:

Command line: The command line beneath the action bar is also used to enter navigation, action commands and mnemonics, but allows as many bytes as can fit on your screen (that is, the number of bytes allowed depends on the size of the screen).
Panel ID: The identifier of the workspace. The panel ID is the name of the PDS member in which the workspace panel is defined. The panel ID is located in the upper left corner of the workspace below the Command line.
You can use the panel ID to navigate to a specific workspace. An alias may be assigned to a panel ID by IBM® or by your site to simplify navigation.
Workspace title: A descriptive title that identifies the content of the workspace as a whole.
Auto Update status: An indicator of whether automatic refresh is in effect or not. This field is adjustable by the user. If the auto update feature is enabled, the field displays the refresh interval in effect. If the auto update feature is disabled, the field displays Off. If auto update is automatically suspended, the field displays SUS.
Plex ID: This field identifies the plex (IMSplex, Sysplex, CICSplex) for which data is being displayed. The label and purpose of this field may vary from workspace to workspace and from monitoring product to monitoring product. The field may be blank, for example in a multiproduct workspace such as KOBSTART, or if the fields are locked.
System ID: This field, under the Plex ID, identifies the subsystem, LPAR, or region for which data is being displayed. The label and purpose of this field may vary from workspace to workspace and from monitoring product to monitoring product. The field may be blank, for example in a multiproduct workspace such as KOBSTART, or if the fields are locked.

Subpanels

There are four types of subpanels: detail, summary, ISPF, and HTML.

In detail panels, multiple data points for a single resource are displayed. The name of the attributes for which data is being displayed appears to the left of the value.

In summary subpanels, data for multiple resources is presented in tabular form, one row for each resource, with columns providing values for the system or application attributes being monitored by the agent, such as Disk Name and Disk Read/Writes Per Second.

If defined thresholds are reached, data is highlighted with colors indicating the status of the item.

z/OS workspace with two subpanels: a detail subpanel displaying various counts for the selected address space and a summary subpanel showing CPU usage statistics for jobs in the address space. — Figure 1. Workspace with detail and summary subpanels

Summary and detail subpanels can contain some or all of the following elements:

Header: A descriptive title for the subpanel.
Collapse and Expand controls: Selecting the
control collapses the contents of the subpanel so only the header is displayed. If the subpanel is collapsed, selecting the icon expands the subpanel. See Collapsing and expanding subpanels for more information.
Columns ___ field (summary subpanels only): A writeable field that indicates at which column of data the scrollable part of the display begins. Entering a column number in the field and pressing Enter scrolls the display to that column. If no further columns are available, the field is blue.
Left, right, up, down scrolling arrows (summary subpanels only): Scrolls the width or depth of the subpanel. If there is a threshold condition off to the left or right of the data that is presented on the screen, the left or right arrow will reflect the color of the highest severity off-screen threshold.
Minimize, maximize, close controls: Minimize removes the subpanel from the workspace and puts the subpanel title in the minimize bar at the bottom of the workspace. Placing your cursor under the title in the bar and pressing Enter expands the subpanel to its former position.
Maximize expands the subpanel to fill the entire screen. The icon changes to indicate that the subpanel is maximized.

The
Close control closes the subpanel entirely.

See Minimizing and maximizing subpanels and Closing subpanels for more information.
Rows ___ field (summary subpanels only): Indicates at which row of data the display begins. If the field is green, entering a row number in the field and pressing Enter scrolls the display to that row. If no additional rows are available, the field is blue.
Subpanel footer: Contains additional information about the data in the subpanel.

ISPF and HTML subpanels consist of an optional header and text that provides additional information about the workspace, such as why the user was brought to this workspace.

Footer

The workspace footer contains a minimize bar. If subpanels are minimized, their headers appear in the bar. If there is more data available than is displayed on the screen, a MORE indicator is displayed. Up or down arrows beside the text indicate the direction of the additional data that is not currently displayed on the screen. If Trace is enabled, a TRACE indicator is displayed; however, if there is more data to be displayed, the MORE indicator takes precedence over the TRACE indicator.

Drawer

The drawer is an alternative way to go quickly to administrative workspaces, and products from the footer area. The drawer can be opened to reveal navigation icons or closed to hide the icons.

In the closed position, the drawer is signified by the Open Drawer icon <<.

Lateral navigation drawer closed position

To open the drawer move your cursor to the Open Drawer icon, and press Enter, or double-click the icon, if this method is enabled for your 3270 emulator session. For more information about enabling double-clicking, see Associating a mouse click with the Enter key.

Lateral navigation drawer open position.

When the drawer is open, a number of icons are available. To go to the workspace or action that is associated with a specific icon, move your cursor to the icon and press Enter, or double-click the icon. The following icons are available:

HUB

Use this icon to go to the Hub Connectivity Administration workspace.

RTE

Use this icon to go to the Runtime Environment workspace.

NAV

This icon opens a lateral navigation area in the footer area. In the lateral navigation area, push buttons represent products or workspaces that you can navigate to, for example, these push buttons can be used to navigate to installed products:

To go to a specific product, move your cursor to the icon and press Enter, or double-click the icon.

Lateral navigation area that shows product push buttons.

Tip:

To open the lateral navigation area, press the PF9 key.
When the lateral navigation area opens, the drawer closes.

ODI

Use this icon to display the list of products that are installed in the Enhanced 3270 User Interface. You can display the products, tables and column definitions that are defined in the Object Definition Interchange. When creating new workspaces, for example, this view shows you the actual table and column names to use in a QUERY statement.

When the drawer is open, the Close Drawer icon >> is available. To close the drawer, move your cursor to the Close Drawer icon >>, and press Enter, or double click the icon, if this method is enabled for your 3270 emulator session. For more information about enabling double-clicking, see Associating a mouse click with the Enter key.