The Administration Center is very similar to that of the DB2 Control Center. This section explains aspects of the interface you will encounter in the main window and within object notebooks.
Controls in the main window
The main window contains an object tree and a contents pane, as well as toolbars to help you manage objects.
For more information about the Control Center toolbar, see the Control Center help.
Entry fields
Required fields in notebooks and windows are surrounded with a red box. Optional fields are surrounded with a blue box. Additionally, the system warns you with pop-up error messages when you are entering invalid information.
Accessing custom controls with the keyboard
You can use the keyboard to access controls found on the graphical user interface. The following control may be unique to DB2. Here is how you access it using the keyboard:
To access this push button using the keyboard, use the Tab key until the
button is selected then press Enter.