Viewers

The Viewers page enables you to view the mainframe operations. This page is accessible from the Console Automation section in the UI.

You can create any number of Viewer configurations. Each Viewer can connect to sessions on one or more Automation Servers that are running. An administrator can create, modify and delete a Viewer configuration.

Important

Only administrators can create a viewer configuration.

UI feature	Description
Advanced filter	Click to search for a viewer based on the available parameters.
+ New Viewer	Click to create a new viewer.
Actions (row)	Click to perform the following functions: Copy: Select a viewer from the check box and click to create a copy of the viewer. Delete: Select a viewer from the check box and click to delete the viewer.
Name	Displays the name assigned to the script file.
Description	Displays additional information about the viewer.
Created Date	Displays the date when the viewer was created.
Modified Date	Displays the date when the viewer was modified.
Actions (column)	Clickto perform the following functions: Edit: Click to modify the parameters of the file. Alternatively, click on a file to edit it. Copy: Click to create a copy of the file. Delete: Click to delete the file from the server.

To create a new viewer

Click New Viewer.
Fill in the viewer details, see the following table for instructions
Field
Description
Viewer name
(Required) Enter the viewer name.
Description
Enter a viewer description.

Field	Description
Viewer name	(Required) Enter the viewer name.
Description	Enter a viewer description.

The viewer page contains the following tabs:

Sessions
Layout
Colors

Sessions tab

You can use the Sessions tab to select the sessions that you want to include in the viewer.

The following table describes the Sessions fields:

Field	Description
Server	Click on Server to list the sessions by the server used for the session. Tick the checkbox to select all the servers.
Host	Click on Host to list the sessions by host.
Sessions	Click on Session to list the sessions by name.
Type	Click on Type to list the sessions by session type.

You can use the Advanced filter to search for the sessions you want to include in the viewer. Use the Available tab to search by server, host, session or type. Use the Saved tab to choose a filter you previously created and saved.

Tip

While adding new console sessions to an Automation Viewer, you can quickly add a session using the Viewer Assignments tab in the New Session dialog box. For more information, see Viewer-Assignments.

Layout tab

You can use the Layout tab to control the panels that you want to display in a Viewer. You can also include or exclude panels according to your requirement.

You can include the following panels in a Viewer:

Panel	Description
Show Explorers Panel	Disabled by default. You can enable the toggle button to display one or more explorer views. You can select from the listed views that are defined. For more information, see Explorers.
Show Priority Message Panel	Enabled by default. Displays the priority message panel. This panel contains messages designated as important by automation rules.
Show Alerts Panel	Enabled by default. Displays the alert panel.
Show Scrolling Message Panel	Enabled by default. Displays the scrolling message panel. This panel contains all messages except those that are discarded by rule filtering.
Show Command Panel	Enabled by default. Displays the command input and console launcher panel.
Show Dashboards Panel	Disabled by default. You can enable the toggle button to create and dashboard panels and assign actions to the dashboard items You can create any number of dashboard panels. For more information, see +New Dashboard.

+New Dashboard

Click +New Dashboard to create a new action that can be assigned to a dashboard. The following table describes the fields in the New Dashboard window:

Field	Description
Name	Enter name of the dashboard.
Type	Select the type of dashboard you want to monitor.
Actions	List of actions to be applied on dashboard while monitoring. You can create any number of actions to assign to a dashboard. For more information, see +New Action.
Cancel/Discard	Click Cancel to exit the process. Click Discard to exit without saving the changes you made.

+New Action

Click +New Action to create a new action that can be assigned to a dashboard. The following table describes the fields in the Add Action window:

Field	Description
Name	Enter the name you want to assign to the action.
Description	Enter additional information about the action.
Show Confirmation Dialog	Enable to display a conformation text when this action is executed. This is disabled by default.
Confirmation text	Enter a text that is going to be displayed when the action is executed.
Type (Required)	Select the type of action that the new action is going to perform. Additional fields are displayed based on the type you choose. You may be required to input more information in these additional fields.
Cancel/Discard	Click Cancel to exit the process. Click Discard to exit without saving the changes you made.

Colors tab

You can use the Colors tab to change the default display colors for a viewer.

To edit, copy or delete a viewer

To edit, copy or delete a viewer, click the three dots menu icon under Actions and then choose the desired action.