The View menu contains the options to display certain windows in the workspace and access a system tree object that does not appear in the system tree.

  • Auto View —Displays the Probe view for any system tree object that you select. If you select multiple objects, this view displays a Watch List that contains all of the selected objects.
  • Alarms and Events —Displays the Alarms and Events view for any systems located within My Systems on the system tree.
  • Probe Location —Displays the Probe Location dialog box for a system, process, or variable. You can enter the location of objects that appear in the system tree, as well as those that do not.
  • Configure Time Servers — (DSC Module) Displays the Shared Variable Engine Time Server Configuration dialog box. You can use the dialog box to synchronize the time of machines on the network with a central time server.
  • New Watch List —Creates a blank Watch List view. Drag a system tree object into this view to add it to the Watch List view.
  • Refresh —Updates the contents of the system tree and Watch List views.
  • New Historical Trend — (DSC Module) Creates a blank Historical Trend view. Drag a system tree pane object into this view to monitor the historical trend of this object.