Overview and Basic Operations

The default boom Workbench is split into multiple sections. Each section contains one or more views. The views are displayed depending on the user rights. The Workbench itself can be reorganized for your individual need. All changes that are made to the boom GUI appearance will be saved inside the user profile.

Right-click on the View header will open the following context menu:

Detached: Opens the selected view as detached window. Closing the detached view reattaches the window. Restore Sections: The minimized section appear as a small section tool bar at the side of the Workbench. The first icon in the section tool bar is always the restore icon to restore the complete section. All other icons represent the views that are located inside the minimized section. Clicking on one of this icon will restore a single view. The tool bar itself is movable and can be placed on the left, right, top or bottom of the workbench. Move Sections and Views: Sections and Views can be moved to any place inside the Workbench. Views can be moved either within a section (change the appearance order of the views in a section) or even to a different section. All sections and views can also be moved using drag&drop. Sections and views cannot be moved outside the boom workbench! Minimize/Maximize Section: To minimize or maximize a sections you can also double-click on the section header.

Example 1
Example 2

Menu Bar

File Menu:
		Standard file editor functions: Open File ... Close/Close All Save/Save All/Revert Print ... Undo, Redo Find/Replace Import MPI: Here you can import Policies, Packages, Assignments and Actions. For more information about the Import MPI see Chapter Policy Management. Show Export MPI View: Allows you to export Policies, Packages, Assignments and Actions. Send a message: Allows administrators to broadcast a message to all logged on boom users. Restart: To restart the boom GUI Client Exit: This will exit the boom Client.
View Menu:
		Show Server Filters: For more information about Server Filters see Chapter Server Filters.  Show Service Tree:  Show Dashboard: For more information about the Operator Dashboard see Chapter Operator Dashboard.  Show Dashboard Services: For more information about the Service Dashboard Services see Chapter Service Dashboard.  Show Statistics: For more information about Statistics see Chapter Statistics.  Show Import MPI:  Show Export MPI:  Show Server Jobs:  Show SSH: For more information about the SSH see Chapter SSH.  Show User Management View:  Show HotSpot: For more information about the HotSpot Dialog see Chapter HotSpot.  Show Pattern Validation Dialog (Java): For more information about Pattern Validation see Chapter Pattern Validation (Java).  Show Pattern Validation Dialog (Simplified Java): For more information about Pattern Validation see Chapter Pattern Validation (simple).  Show MIB Browser: For more information about the MIB Browser see Chapter MIB Browser.
Window Menu:
		All open Indication and Action Dialogs are managed in the Window Menu. The Dialogs can be closed in groups with the following functions: Close all Indication Dialogs ... This function will become active if at least on Indication Details Dialog is open. Close all Action Dialogs ... This function will become active if at least on Action Dialog is open.
Help Menu:

	Open File:	This will open any file in the File Editor. For more information about the File Editor see Chapter Packages.
	Show HotSpot:	For more information about the HotSpot Dialog see Chapter HotSpot.
	Show Operator Dashboard:	For more information about the Operator Dashboard see Chapter Operator Dashboard.
	Show Service Dashboard:	For more information about the Service Dashboard see Chapter Service Dashboard.
	Show Statistics:	For more information about Statistics see Chapter Statistics.
	Show Server Filters:	For more information about Server Filters see Chapter Server Filters.
	Show Service Tree:	For more information about Service Tree see Chapter Service Tree.
	Show Pattern Validation Dialog (Java):	For more information about Pattern Validation see Chapter Pattern Validation (Java).
	Show Pattern Validation Dialog (Simplified Pattern):	For more information about Pattern Validation see Chapter Pattern Validation (simple).
	Show SSH:	For more information about the SSH see Chapter SSH.
	Show MIB Browser:	For more information about the MIB Browser see Chapter MIB Browser.
	Show Export MPI View:
	Show Server Jobs View:

To check if there is a new version available on the server, open the About Dialog in the Help Menu.

The User Preferences are located in the Help Menu. The following information can be changed by the user:

Users can selectively send messages by right clicking the destined logged on boom user under the user management tab and choose "Send a message..." for notification purposes.

Administrators can also broadcast a message to all logged on boom users via ALT+M shortcut (or selecting "Send a message..." under the File menu) for maintenance/notification purposes.