The CICSPlex® SM Web User Interface exploits a frame-based interface as demonstrated
in Figure 1.
The CICSPlex SM Web User Interface display consists of three frames:
- The Navigation Frame
- The Work Frame
- The Assistance Frame
The CICSPlex Web User Interface frames may contain icons and links to allow you to navigate around the
Web User Interface, access Web User Interface facilities such as Help, and
manage Web User Interface sessions.
Icons may be:
- Graphic symbols that a user can point to with a device such as a mouse,
to select a particular function. Selecting a graphic symbol icon results in
an action being performed. For example, selecting the Go back icon results
in the previous menu or view being displayed. The icons shown in Table 2 are
examples of graphic symbols.
- Graphical representations of an object (for example, a file or field)
that consists of an image. Selecting this type of icon has no effect but the
icon may convey extra information.
The Web User Interface uses the following icons:
Table 2. Graphic symbol icons and their descriptions
Icons |
Description |
Meaning |
|
Go back to start |
Return to the first page you saw in this window |
|
Go back to last menu |
Return to the last menu that was displayed in this window |
|
Go back |
Return to the previous menu or view. There is a Go back
icon on both the work frame and the assistance frame. |
|
Sort ascending |
Sort the data in the column in ascending order |
|
Sort descending |
Sort the data in the column in descending order |
|
Summarize |
Summarize the data in the view based on the selected
column |
 |
Add view to favorites |
Adds the current view to the list of user favorites. |
|
Print preview |
Display a printable version of the view in a new window |
 |
Expand |
- Expand a group on the navigation frame
- Expand the filter area
 |
 |
Collapse |
- Collapse a group on the navigation frame
- Collapse the filter area
 |
|
Help |
From the assistance frame, the Help icon opens the Web
User Interface Help Contents Page. From the message area in the work frame,
the help icon opens the WUI message help for the displayed message |
|
Case sensitive field |
Marks an entry field that is case sensitive. |
|
Required parameter or attribute |
Marks a field that must be completed |
 |
Dynamic selection list |
Marks a field capable of generating a dynamic selection
list |
 |
Select all records |
Selects all records on a tabular view |
 |
Deselect all records |
Deselects all records on a tabular view |
A link allows you to navigate between different menus and views. The style
of a link depends on the browser you are using, but it is usually indicated
by words that are highlighted in some way, possibly by a different color and
underlined. For information about using links, see Using links.
The navigation frame appears on the left of the display and contains items
that allow you to display a menu or view or to perform an action. The items
that are displayed depend on your configuration and authority. For example,
if you do not have authority to customize the display, you will not have a
link to the View Editor. For information about the View Editor, see The view editor.
The types of links in the navigation frame are:
- Menus and views
- Links that when selected can set the contents of the work frame to another
menu or view.
- External links
- Links to external URLs that launch a new web browser instance.
- Standard links
- These appear automatically and cannot be customized.
- Open links
-
- Home
- Opens your home menu using the current context and scope. You may return
to the current display using the Go back icon.
- Repeat Last Menu
- Open the last menu that was displayed using the current context and
scope. You may return to the current display using the Go back icon.
- Special links
-
Favorites editor link
Open a new window containing the Web User Interface customization tool,
the favorites editor. This is available only to users who have created one
or more favorites.
- View editor link
- Open a new window containing the Web User Interface customization tool,
the view editor. This is available only to users with the appropriate authority.
User editor link
Open a new window containing the Web User Interface customization tool,
the user editor. This is available only to users with the appropriate authority.
- New window link
- Open a new web browser window containing an independent Web User Interface
display of the current view or menu using the current selection criteria.
- Close window link
- Close a web browser window.
- Sign off link
- Sign off your Web User Interface session.
Some items in the navigation frame may be in groups, that can be expanded
or collapsed independently of other groups, using the expand and collapse
icons shown in Table 2.
The work frame is the area in which data is presented to the user for interaction.
The work frame can display:
- A title for the information being displayed.
- A link to your customizable view and menu help for the display.
- A message area, containing one or more messages and links to the explanation
of the message or messages being displayed.
- A selection criteria and refresh area that allows you to set the context,
scope and filters and refresh the menu or view currently being displayed.
- The results of your work requests, in one of the following formats:
- Menu, that is, a list of related topics from which you can select one
or more links.
- Tabular view, showing formatted information about multiple records for
a resource type.
- Detail view, showing information about a single resource instance.
- Confirmation panel, allowing the option of committing or cancelling an
action, or providing additional input.
- A signon panel, that is, an interactive panel asking you for your signon
information.
- A simple message display that contains a title and an information message,
with no additional data.
The assistance frame contains the product name, an icon linking to the
Web User Interface Help, the IBM® logo, and the Go back to start, Go back
to last menu, and Go back icons.
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