Overview of the BMC Workbench console

The BMC Workbench for DB2 main console is displayed after you log on to BMC Workbench. The product's web-based console has one pane for managing workspaces and another for working with your DB2 objects and data sets.

When you first launch the product, the console features a welcome screen. Creating your first workspace enables all of the tools in the Workspace Manager toolbar and switches the focus in the right pane to the DB2 Navigator perspective.

Note

The following figure shows all perspective tabs and displays the DB2 Navigator perspective. If you create a workspace from a template, your screen might show only certain perspectives or might list them in a different order, based on the template's settings. For more information, see Setting BMC Workbench options.

#	Description	Details
1	Workspace Manager pane	Lists all of your workspaces
2	Workspace Manager toolbar	Lets you create, open, and save workspaces
3	Active workspace name	Indicates which workspace is active An asterisk (*) indicates that the workspace has unsaved changes.
4	DB2 navigation pane	Lists all of the views that are in the currently open perspective
5	Layout button (PTF BQUnnnn applied)	Lets you manage the layout for your workspace
6	Navigate To list (DB2 Navigator perspective only)	Lets you navigate to object types that are dependents of the selected object in the results list
7	Commands list (DB2 Navigator perspective only)	Lets you execute commands on the selected object
8	Properties icon	Lets you view the properties of the object selected in the results pane.
9	Perspective tabs	Provides access to the specified perspective. The current open perspective is indicated in blue.
10	User name	Displays the user that is signed in to the console
11	What's New	Lets you view details and short videos describing the new features added to BMC Workbench
12	User Options	Lets you sign out of the console, view details about your access permissions, and access global options
13	Options button	Lets you set options for the currently displayed perspective
14	Close Workspace button	Closes the active workspace
15	View change menu	Lets you switch between the Workspace view and the Apps view
16	Help button	Displays the online Help
17	Results pane	Displays the results that a perspective generates, based on the type of action performed
18	Results list (DB2 Navigator perspective only)	Displays all objects that correspond to the filter definition (for example, all objects returned by a filter in DB2 Navigator)

#	Description	Details
1	Workspace Manager pane	Lists all of your workspaces
2	Workspace Manager toolbar	Lets you create, open, and save workspaces
3	Active workspace name	Indicates which workspace is active An asterisk (*) indicates that the workspace has unsaved changes.
4	DB2 navigation pane	Lists all of the views that are in the currently open perspective
5	Navigate To toolbar (DB2 Navigator perspective only)	Lets you navigate to object types that are dependents of the selected object in the results list
6	Perspective tabs	Provides access to the specified perspective. The current open perspective is indicated in blue.
7	Commands toolbar (DB2 Navigator perspective only)	Lets you execute commands on the selected object, display properties, and display explainable statements
8	View toolbar	Lets you perform actions on an object selected in the results pane. The available actions vary according to the type of object selected.
9	Tasks toolbar	Via the Migrate Statistics button , lets you migrate access path statistics for objects selected in the results pane Via the Compare Schema button , lets you compare schemas for two selected objects Via the ALTER button , lets you edit the properties of the selected object and run the generated ALTER DDL to make your changes
10	User name	Lets you log out of the console and view details about your access permissions
11	What's New	Lets you view details and short videos describing the new features added to BMC Workbench
12	Settings	Lets you access system messages, set global options, and view details about the User Interface Middleware (UIM)
13	Options button	Lets you set options for the currently displayed perspective
14	Close Workspace button	Closes the active workspace
15	View change menu	Lets you switch between the Workspace view and the Apps view
16	Layout button	Lets you manage the layout for your workspace
17	Help button	Displays the online Help
18	Results pane	Displays the results that a perspective generates, based on the type of action performed
19	Results list (DB2 Navigator perspective only)	Displays all objects that correspond to the filter definition (for example, all objects returned by a filter in DB2 Navigator)

#	Description	Details
1	Workspace Manager pane	Lists all of your workspaces
2	Workspace Manager toolbar	Lets you create, open, and save workspaces
3	Active workspace name	Indicates which workspace is active An asterisk (*) indicates that the workspace has unsaved changes.
4	DB2 navigation pane	Lists all of the views that are in the currently open perspective
5	Perspective tabs	Provides access to the specified perspective. The current open perspective is indicated in blue.
6	Navigate To toolbar (DB2 Navigator perspective only)	Lets you navigate to object types that are dependents of the selected object in the results list
7	Commands toolbar (DB2 Navigator perspective only)	Lets you execute commands on the selected object, display properties, and display explainable statements
8	View toolbar	Lets you perform actions on an object selected in the results pane. The available actions vary according to the type of object selected.
9	Tasks toolbar	Via the Migrate Statistics button , lets you migrate access path statistics for objects selected in the results pane Via the Compare Schema button , lets you compare schemas for two selected objects Via the ALTER button , lets you edit the properties of the selected object and run the generated ALTER DDL to make your changes
10	What's New	Lets you view details and short videos describing the new features added to BMC Workbench
11	Tools	Lets you access system messages, set global options, and view details of the User Interface Middleware (UIM)
12	Logout	Lets you log out from the BMC Workbench console
13	Options button	Lets you set options for the currently displayed perspective
14	Close Workspace button	Closes the active workspace
15	Layout button	Lets you manage the layout for your workspace
16	Help button	Displays the online Help
17	Results pane	Displays the results that a perspective generates, based on the type of action performed
18	Results list (DB2 Navigator perspective only)	Displays all objects that correspond to the filter definition (for example, all objects returned by a filter in DB2 Navigator)

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