Administrative console taskbar actions

Use the taskbar of the administrative console to return to the console Home page, save changes that you have made to administrative configurations, specify console preferences, log out of the console, and access product information.

To view the taskbar, go to the WebSphere Application Server administrative console and look at the horizontal bar near the top of the console. The taskbar provides several actions.

Home

Displays the administrative console Home page in the workspace. The workspace is on the right side of the console. The Home page provides links to information on using the WebSphere Application Server product.

Save

Displays the Save page, which you use to save work that you have done in the administrative console.

Changes made to administrative configurations are saved to a master repository comprised of .xml configuration files. To see what changes are saved, expand View items with changes. Periodically save your work to ensure that you do not inadvertently lose changes that you have made.

Preferences

Displays the Preferences page, in which you can specify whether you want the administrative console workspace page to refresh automatically after changes, confirmation dialogs to display, and the default scope to be the administrative console node.

Logout

Logs you out of the administrative console session and displays the Login page. If you have changed the administrative configuration since last saving the configuration to the master repository, the Save page displays before returning to the Login page. Click Save to save the changes to the master repository, Discard to exit the session without saving changes, or Logout to exit the session without saving changes but with the opportunity to recover your changes when you return to the console.

Help

Opens a new Web browser on online help for the WebSphere Application Server product.

Hide/Show Field and Page Descriptions toggle

Enables you to select whether information on console pages and fields within the pages is shown. Icons on the right-hand side of the taskbar provide the toggle.