The content described in this article is available in meshIQ Manage versions 12.1 and later.
For a quick overview of what's new or changed, visit the meshIQ Highlights page for a version-by-version breakdown.
The User Perspective screen provides a consolidated view of dashboards, filters, and actions that help you work efficiently with your middleware objects. The redesigned interface introduces a clearer layout and enhanced toolbar options for faster navigation and management.
To learn how to navigate to the User Perspective screen from the Home page, see Manage Home page.
Refer to the legend below for an explanation of the buttons and tabs.
Legend
| # | UI Element | Description |
| 1 | Home | Returns to the Manage Home page. |
| 2 | Manage Dashboards | Opens the Manage Dashboards window to view and manage dashboards. |
| 3 | Workspace Management | Opens the Workspace dashboard where you can view and manage workgroup servers for your middleware connections. |
| 4 | Reconnect to all Servers | Reconnects all workgroup server connections. |
| 5 | Request History | Displays all running and completed tasks. |
| 6 | Statistics | Run the Statistics Report to determine the most valuable features at your organization. |
| 7 | Schedules | Opens the list of scheduled jobs and allows you to manage them. |
| 8 | Settings | Opens the Settings window, where you can manage system settings. |
| 9 | Help | Opens the Resource Center or other online resource defined in your system’s global settings. |
| 10 | Username | Shows the currently logged-in user and provides profile options such as About (version and build details) and Logout. |
| 11 | Add widget | Allows you to add a new widget to the current dashboard. |
| 12 | Widget menu | Opens the widget options for the selected widget. |
| 13 | Refresh | Refreshes the widget and updates its objects. |
| 14 | Show filters | Shows or hides the filter panel for the widget. |
| 15 | Make Chart Widget | Opens the Create New Widget dialog, which allows you to create a chart widget (such as Pie, Bar, Number Block, or Metric Trends) using the current widget’s data. |
| 16 | Manage Frozen Columns | Lets you freeze selected columns in the widget. |
| 17 | Manage Filtered Columns | Lets you choose which columns are used when filtering the widget. |
| 18 | Default Table Sorting | Resets the default sort order for the table. |
| 19 | Manage Widget Schemas | Opens the Manage Schemas dialog, where you can view and manage widget schemas. |
| 20 | Edit Current Schema | Opens the Add/Edit Schema dialog to modify the current widget schema; available only for custom schemas (not the default schema). |
| 21 | Schema selection | Allows you to choose a saved schema for the widget. |
| 22 | Filter by All/Chosen | Toggles whether Search (Filter By) filters all columns or only chosen columns. |
| 23 | Search (Filter By) | Searches or filters rows based on text. |
| 24 | Add button | Allows you to add a new object in the widget. |
| 25 | Collapse widget | Collapses (hide) the widget. |
| 26 | Expand widget | Expands (show) the widget. |
| 27 | Add User Perspective | Allows you to create a new user perspective. |
| 28 | User Perspective selection | Selects a user perspective from the list. |
| 29 | Create a new dashboard | Creates a new dashboard in the current perspective. |
| 20 | Search Dashboard | Searches dashboards by full or partial name. |
| 31 | Dashboard Options | Opens the options menu for the current dashboard. |
| 32 | Sidebar collapse/expand button | Collapses or expands the sidebar in the dashboard. |
| 33 | App Switcher | Switches between meshIQ applications. |