Wise Package Studio Reference
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Introduction to Wise Package Studio
The Workbench Interface
When you start Wise Package Studio, you see the Workbench interface, from which you
do most of your repackaging work. The left pane of Workbench contains the Project and
Tools tabs, which you use to work on projects or run tools.
When you are working on a project, you use the Projects tab and select the project from
Active Project. When you are not working on a project, use the Tools tab and double-
click the tool’s icon.
The first time you start Wise Package Studio, it opens to the Projects tab. Thereafter, it
opens to the last tab in which you worked and the last project you had open, if any. In
the left pane of Workbench, you can switch between the Projects tab and Tools tab by
clicking the appropriate tab or by using the shortcut keys Alt+P and Alt+T respectively.
The Description tab in the right pane displays help text about the active task or tool.
Click a task or tool in the left pane to display its help. If a task is associated with a tool,
you can toggle between the task help and the tool help. To do so, click the View Tool
Help/View Task Help link in the upper right of the right pane. The right pane is visible
only when you are in full screen mode.
For information about Workbench display modes, see
Resizing the Workbench Pane
on
page 22.
The Projects Tab
On the Projects tab, you select a project from Active Project. The left pane of the
Projects tab displays either tools or tasks, depending on whether the active project is
associated with a process.
See
When a Project Has No Process
on page 20 and
When a Project Has a Process
on
page 20.
The right pane of the Projects tab contains the following tabs:
z
Description
Displays help text for the active task or tool.
z
Details
Displays Project Setup information for the current project.
With Enterprise Management Server, additional tabs appear:
z
Project Management
Lets you record information about a project so you can manage it and track its
progress. You can enter project information, enter time spent on each task, and
assign users to specific tasks in a project. Users can run only the tasks that have
been assigned to them.
See
Managing Projects
on page 80.
z
Metrics
Displays a record of all events that have occurred for the current project.
Information is recorded when a user works on a task or marks or clears a task’s
check box. The Metrics tab can also contain notes about each event.
See
Viewing Project Metrics
on page 83.
