IBM VERSION 9 manual Toolbars, Wizards, Object trees, Contents Pane Details view

Toolbars:

Toolbars are panels that contain icons representing functions you can perform. Toolbars are located below the menu bar. To see a brief description of a tool, place your cursor over its icon and hover help will tell you what function each icon represents. Toolbars provide quick access to the functions you can perform. The functions can also be selected in the View menu.

A Contents pane toolbar is located below the contents pane. It allows you to tailor the information in the contents pane.

Wizards:

Wizards are integrated into the administration tools. They assist you in completing a single task by stepping you through the task. To select a wizard, from the Control Center window, select Tools —> Wizards from the menu bar. The Wizards window opens. Select the wizard you want to use. Select the object for which you want help and follow the instructions to complete the task.

The wizard task overview on the first page of the wizard lists any prerequisite steps and briefly describes every page of the wizard. Other pages of the wizard may contain links to conceptual or reference information to help you understand the function of the wizard. From a wizard, you can launch other wizards, windows or notebooks.

Object trees:

Object trees display the system and database objects graphically in the left navigation pane, enabling you to see the hierarchical relationship between different objects and to work with those objects. You can expand the object tree to expose the content. The exposed content is displayed as folders beneath the object tree. Each folder represents an object type. If the object tree is collapsed, the folders no longer appear in the view of the object tree.

Objects on your local workstation and any remote systems that can be connected to and from your local system are displayed in the object tree. Some objects, such as tables and views, do not contain folders and appear at the bottom of the object tree. Also if you right-click on the object folder there are actions available for the object. For example, if you right-click on a table you can choose to create a table.

When you select an object folder in the object tree, the objects that reside in the folder are displayed in the contents pane. To invoke an action on an object, right-click the object to open a pop-up menu of available actions. You can also invoke an action on the object by selecting the object then clicking the Selected menu option from the menu bar.

Contents Pane (Details view):

The Contents pane allows you to display large amounts of complex tabular data in a flexible manner.

You can filter, sort, and customize Contents pane columns. You can also save your changes as a view, enabling you to quickly switch between different views of the same data. To create and save customized views, select View from the toolbar at the bottom of the Contents pane.

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