OMEGAMON Enhanced 3270 User Interface navigation with icons and function keys

The OMEGAMON Enhanced 3270 user interface (e3270 UI) is a keyboard-driven, using Program Function keys (PF-keys) and specific commands for navigation. You can also use the application navigation icons for some actions

PF keys

The following standard PF keys are defined in e3270 UI. These keys are not customizable.
Note: If the PF keys do not work with your keyboard function keys, you must to enable the 3270 keys in your emulator.
Function key Description
PF1 Provides help for column headings.
PF2 Provides internal column information for a worspace when you place cursor on the workspace column.
PF3 Returns you to a previous workspace, or exits a popup.
PF4 Displays a list of filters for a workspace, if defined.
PF5 Find string in a Partitioned Data Space (PDS) member.
PF6 Exports data to disk.
PF7 Scrolls a workspace or subpanel up.
PF8 Scrolls a workspace or subpanel down.
PF9 Displays the Product Navigation Array.
PF10 Scrolls a workspace or subpanel left.
PF11 Scrolls a workspace or subpanel right.
PF12 Retrieves previously entered commands.

Navigation icons

Icon Name Description
« Open drawer Reveals the Application Navigation Drawer, which displays more icons that you can use to navigate or display administrative workspaces
» Close drawer Closes the Application Navigation Drawer
HUB Hub Goes to the Hub Connectivity Administration workspace
RTE RTE Goes to the Runtime Environment workspace
NAV Navigate Opens a product navigation area in the footer area. The icons that you see represent OMEGAMON products that are installed and available to be invoked. In this case, you see IBM® Z OMEGAMON AI for z/OS.
ODI Object Definition Interchange

Displays the list of products that are installed in the e3270 UI. You can display the products, tables, and column definitions that are defined in the ODI. When creating new workspaces, for example, this view shows you the actual table and column names to use in a QUERY statement.

SIT Situation Editor Displays the situation editor tree to create, view, and edit situations including the formula, distribution, expert advice, action, and until conditions that can monitor important conditions in your environment.