Configure a perspective

You can update a perspective to hide, minimize, or close perspective items.

This procedure assumes that you have the IDs for the elements that you want to hide and that you have added the perspective ID to the eclipse.xml file or the eclipseui_template.xml file to get the IDs for most perspectives. See Use the list of trace log IDs to customize a perspective and Customize the eclipseui_template.xml file, respectively.

Note: In a dedicated SaaS deployment, submit a support ticket to request that IXIA CCMS Customer Support perform this task for you.

To configure a perspective:

  1. Click the TEXTML Administration shortcut on the toolbar to open the TEXTML Administration perspective or take the following actions:
    1. Select Window > Perspective > Open Perspective > Other
    2. Click TEXTML Administration.
    3. Click Open.
  2. In the TEXTML Administration view, double-click the server.
  3. If your server is not in the view, add it by taking the following actions:
    1. To find the server name, click Window > Preferences and select IXIA CCMS.
      In the TEXTML Server Connection section, the server name is the Hostname.
    2. Copy the Hostname and close the Preferences window.
    3. In the TEXTML Administration view, right-click and select Add Server.
    4. In the Server field, enter the server name.
      The Port field fills automatically. If it does not and you need the port number, you can find it in the same place as the server name in the Preferences window.
    5. Click OK.
  4. When the Connect as dialog opens, type your username and password and click OK.
  5. Double-click the name of your Content Store to open a connection to it.
  6. Expand the Content Store's Repository node and browse to /system/conf to locate the eclipseui.xml file.
  7. Right-click eclipseui.xml and select Check Out.
  8. Open the file in an XML editor.
  9. Look for the perspective that you want to simplify. If it is not there, add it.
    Note: You can also use wildcards when specifying perspective names to specify multiple perspectives in a single line. For example, "com.ixiasoft.dita.eclipse.gui.perspective.*" will match all the IXIA CCMS perspectives.
  10. Inside the perspective, look for the section that you want to simplify.
  11. Add the items that you want to hide, close, or minimize in a <removeditem> or <item> element, as appropriate.
    Most interface items are already defined but commented out for the startup and DITA perspectives. You can uncomment items as appropriate.

    For the list of valid elements and attributes per section, see Elements in the eclipseui.xml file.

    To determine the ID of the element items to configure, see Interface item IDs in a trace log.

  12. Save, close, and Check In the eclipseui.xml file.
  13. Inform users of the changes and ask them to close and reopen their CCMS Desktop to apply the changes.
The perspective you chose is updated to the new configuration.