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To access functions through the user interface menus, do one of the following:
You select an option by entering the option code at the prompt. For example, entering M at the prompt on the primary menu takes you to the Monitors primary menu.
If you specify a collapsed or expanded menu format in your profile, you can expand or collapse the displayed menu hierarchy. In these formats, you can also place your cursor beside a required option and press Enter to select it.
Note: For more information, press F1 (help) from the primary menu.
Note: The PMENUCONTROL parameter group controls the shortcuts. Your administrator can disable shortcuts or change the shortcut character.
You can jump to the panel of a function directly by using shortcuts. You can specify the shortcut at a prompt in one of the following ways:
An entry on a menu can have an associated shortcut, displayed in turquoise.
Note: If you do not remember a shortcut, enter / or =/ to list the shortcuts and then select one.
Important! If the current panel provides automatic updates and you no longer need this information, use =/shortcut-name rather than a nested shortcut. This saves storage and resources because the region does not need to maintain a display that you no longer need.
To select the function you want, enter its corresponding shortcut, preceded by the slash (/) character, at a prompt.
When you access a function by using its shortcut, your current panel is retained. When you press F3 to exit out of the function, this panel, with any updates, is restored. By using shortcuts, panels can be nested to a maximum of 64 levels.
For example, to access the Alert Monitor History Menu without retaining the current panel, enter =/ALHIST at the prompt on your current panel. When you are finished with the menu, press F3 to display the primary menu.
When you have finished with your current panel, you can access the next function by prefixing the shortcut call with the equals (=) sign. This goes directly to the function without retaining the current panel and closes all other nested panels in this window.
For example, to access the Alert Monitor History Menu without retaining the current panel, enter =/ALHIST at the prompt on your current panel. When you are finished with the menu, press F3 to display the primary menu.
You can combine a shortcut with option codes to form a path to access a function that does not have a shortcut itself.
For example, to access the alert history, you can enter the /ALHIST.B path.
You can jump to the panel of a function directly by specifying the exact path to that panel. Construct the path by linking the options you need with periods. Depending on which panel you start from, you can display a panel that:
If you start from a menu and want to access a panel lower in the panel hierarchy, specify the path as it is. For example, if you are at the primary menu and want to change your password, type U.P at the prompt and press Enter.
If you want to access a panel that requires you to pass through a panel higher up in the panel hierarchy, you must precede the path specification with the equals sign (=). The = character brings you back to the primary menu and then to the required panel. You can specify such a path at any prompt. For example, if you are at the Alert Monitor and want to change your password, enter =U.P at the prompt and press Enter.
To return to the primary menu, enter ==.
If you want to access a panel that requires you to enter data, you can enter the data by separating them from the path by a semicolon (;).
For example, if you are at the primary menu and want to access the alert history for the linked region PROD2, type H.A;PROD2 at the prompt and press Enter.
Some panels have more than one input field for entering data. You should use the correct number of semicolons to identify the field.
For example, you must use two semicolons if you want to enter data_2 in the second field:
option_1.option_2;;data_2
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