CMS - Customizing View and Editor layout

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Customizing View and Editor layout

When first launched, the CAST Management Studio will default to a preconfigured layout. You can continue to use this, or you can modify the layout as you wish. This page lists some of the changes you can make to the CAST Management Studio and how to do them.

Moving views and editors

Any view or editor in the CAST Management Studio can be moved from its default position to a new position as shown in the example below:

CMS - Editors

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Editors

The primary use of Editors is to provide editing capabilities for an element selected in a View. For example:

The Database server editor provides a means to modify your various database servers
The Dashboard Service editor provides a means to configure the dashboard services associated with the database server

You can find out more detailed information about the CAST Management Studio Editors in CAST Management Studio - Editors.

Display

Editors are displayed by double clicking an element in a view. In the example below, a dashboard service element in the Services view has been double clicked:

CMS - Help

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Help

The CAST Management Studio’s user assistance system can help you find out how the CAST Management Studio works. You can access it as follows:


Help > Help	This option will display a standalone Help window.

CMS - Menu

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This page provides an explanation of the CAST Management Studio Menu, i.e. the File, Edit, Window etc. menus.

File


Save All	See Save All.
Import File	See Using the Import/Export feature.
Export File	See Using the Import/Export feature.
Exit	Use this option to close the CAST Management Studio. Note that you are not prompted to save any modifications prior to closing the CAST Management Studio.

Edit


Undo	Use this option to undo a change you have made. This can be used for example when adding an item to a view. It does not function against changes made in an editor.
Redo	Use this option to redo a change you have previously undone. This can be used for example when adding/removing an item to/from a view. It does not function against changes made in an editor.
Verify	See Verify.

Window

Reset Perspective

This option will reset the entire CAST Management Studio perspective (the current arrangement of views and editors) to the default.

Show View

This option allows you to open a closed (not currently visible) view. A dialog box will be displayed in which you can select the view you require:

CMS - Toolbar

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This page provides an explanation of the CAST Management Studio Toolbar:

	Save All	See Save All.
	Undo	Use this option undo a change you have made. This can be used for example when adding an item to a view. It does not function against changes made in an editor.
	Redo	Use this option to redo a change you have previously undone. This can be used for example when adding/removing an item to/from a view. It does not function against changes made in an editor.
	Verify	See Verify.
	Audience	Choose the target audience type to modify the number of editor tabs that are displayed in the CAST Management Studio: Regular > Minimum number of tabs required to generate a snapshot. Advanced > More tabs displayed Expert > All tabs displayed The effect of choosing an option can be best seen in the Application editor. CMS - Validation/Verification/Search/Log Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 Validation/Verification/Search/Log These views provide additional information about the CAST Management Studio when using it: Validation view > provides a validation service that will automatically check that the hierarchy, servers and services you are creating are valid. A message is appended in this view if a modification is found to be invalid. Verification view > provides results of the Verify option (see Toolbar) - similar to the Validation view Search view >displays results of searches carried out in the CAST Management Studio Log view > captures all the warnings and errors logged by the CAST Management Studio. You can find out more information about these views in CAST Management Studio - Views. CMS - Views Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 Views The primary use of Views is to provide navigation of the information in the CAST Management Studio. For example: The Services view displays your organization’s IT environment (servers and associated services) You can find out more detailed information about the CAST Management Studio Views in CAST Management Studio - Views. Appearance A view might appear by itself or stacked with other views in a tabbed “notebook”: Alone: Stacked: Activation:

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CMS - Customizing View and Editor layout

Customizing View and Editor layout

Moving views and editors

CMS - Editors

Editors

Display

CMS - Help

Help

See Also

CMS - Menu

Menu

File

Edit

Window

CMS - Toolbar

CMS - Validation/Verification/Search/Log

Validation/Verification/Search/Log

CMS - Views

Views

Appearance