The Switch workspace

When Switch Designer is launched for the first time, the following window (ie. the workspace) is displayed.

It consists of a title bar and a menu/toolbar (#1 en #2) at the top, and a number of panes (#3,#5,#6,#7) surrounding a central area, the canvas (#4). The table below gives a brief description of each of these screen parts.

	Screen part	Function
1	Title bar	Indicates whether or not you are connected locally or remotely. E.g. Ann’s Switch Server (localhost) indicates that the Switch Server (in this example called Ann’s Switch Server) is launched locally. The name of the Switch Server can be changed by selecting Edit > Preferences > Internal Communication > Switch Server Name (Windows) or Enfocus Switch > Preferences > Internal Communication > Switch Server Name (Mac OS).
2	Menu/Toolbar	The menu bar gives access to the different panes and functions of Switch; for some of the main functions a shortcut, i.e. a button is available in the toolbar: The Workspace button allows you to switch between different workspace views (i.e. combinations of panes). There are three preconfigured views (Design - which is the default -, Run and Test), but you can change the content of these views as required, by displaying/hiding pane(s) via the file menu View > Show panes . The Messages, Statistics, and Users button allow you to switch to the corresponding screens: Click Messages, to check the log messages. They will be shown in a browser. Click Statistics, to learn more about the time needed for processing the input files in a particular folder. Note that only folders for which the property Show in statistics is enabled are shown in this pane. (See About flow element properties) Click Users to determine which users are allowed to use Remote Designer or have access to certain Checkpoints and Submit points via the Switch Web Portal. The other buttons are used to work with flows (e.g. to save, activate, document,... a flow) Note: Not all buttons are available in all views. The above described buttons are displayed in the default Workspace - Design view.
3	Flows pane	Gives an overview of the flows in your workspace. The selected flow is shown on the canvas (#4). The properties of the selected flow are shown in the Properties pane (#5).
4	Canvas	Gives a visual representation of your flow and allows you to design flows.
5	Properties pane	Gives an overview of the properties of the flow selected in the Flows pane (#3) or the flow element selected on the Canvas (#4).
6	Jobs pane	Shows the content of the backing folder of a selected flow element. This allows you to see which files are where in the flow.
7	Flow elements pane	Contains all flow elements (including built-in tools, installed apps and configurators) that can be used for designing flows. Note: The number of flow elements depends on the modules you have licensed. For example, the Configurator elements are only available if you have licensed the Configurator module. When using the search function, matching results in the Enfocus Appstore are displayed at the bottom of the pane.