What is a Workspace
A workspace is a template for how you want tabs, panes, arrangement of plots within panes, etc. to appear in WELLPLAN. No default data is stored in workspace.
There are three types of workspaces:
z System Workspace - System Workspaces are read-only, and are shipped with the EDM database. You may apply them, but not alter them. There is a separate System Workspace for each module.
z Module Workspace - Module Workspaces will apply
automatically when you activate a given module (Hydraulics, Surge, etc.). To save a workspace as a Module Workspace, select File > Workspace > Save As Default. It will automatically apply the module tool tip name as the default module workspace name.
You may import new module workspaces or delete them, but you cannot edit the name of any module workspace. Module
workspaces are stored on a per-user basis. There is one module workspace per module. To delete a module workspace, right-click on it in the Well Explorer and select Delete from the right-click menu.
z User Workspace - You can save any workspace as a User Workspace, so long as it has a unique name. Workspaces always have a .ws.xml extension. To save a workspace as a user workspace, select File > Workspace > Save, or right-click on the workspace in the tree and select New. Provide a name and click OK. You can import and export user workspaces. Importing user workspaces is an add/replace function; that is, if the name already exists on the target, the imported workspace will overwrite it. When exporting, you must give the workspace a .ws.xml extension.
Applying a Workspace
Any of the three workspaces can be applied to the currently opened case.
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Configuring a User Workspace
A user workspace is configured by creating and populating tabs using windows and window panes. This section discusses this process.
Using a Window
Each open case occupies one window, and each window belongs to one case. A window can contain one or more screen layers, which are selected using the tabs along the bottom edge of the window. Each layer contains one or more window panes, and each pane can contain different contents. In addition, each pane may contain scroll bars, which become active when the contents are too large to fit inside the frame. The frame governs the amount and location of the screen space taken up by each window. It is the thin gray border around each pane and around the window.
Windows exist in one of three states:
• Maximized - the window takes up all of the available space within the application frame
• Minimized - an icon within the application frame
• Restored - original size and position
If a window is in its restored state, it will have a Title Bar. The Title Bar is the thick colored band along the top of the window. The center of the title bar contains the name of the active spreadsheet, table, plot, or schematic, and the name of the case to which the window belongs. The left edge of the title bar contains the Window Control Menu, and the right edge contains three buttons. The first is the Minimize button, the second is the Maximize button, and the third is the close button. At any given time there is one and only one active window, and it belongs to the active case. A colored title bar denotes the active window; all others are gray.
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Using Window Panes
Each window contains one or more layers, and each layer can contain different information. A pane frames information, such as a well schematic, spreadsheet, table or plot. Light gray dividers denote panes.
By default, each layer contains only one pane, but you can split this into up to four panes using the window splitters located at the ends of the scroll bars.
To vertically split the screen, the splitter is in the lower left corner of the windowpane. To horizontally split the screen, the splitter is in the upper right corner of the windowpane
Window Title Bar Window panes (2)
Scroll bar Scroll bar
Window splitter Tabs
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Using Tabs
Each window contains one or more layers (tabs), and each layer can contain different information. Only one layer is visible at any given time. To switch between layers, use the mouse to select the associated tab. Tabs are arranged along the lower left edge of the window, a region that they share with the window's horizontal scroll bars. You can control the amount of space allocated to each using a splitter. As you drag this splitter left and right, the amount of room available in which to display tabs grows and shrinks. If there is not enough room to display all of the tabs, you can scroll through them using the tab scroll buttons.
Note that you can add, delete, rename and re-order tabs using the View
> Tabs dialog. You can also double-click the tab, and the Rename Tab dialog opens.
Adding and Naming Tabs
Use View > Tabs to add, delete, rename, and rearrange window tabs.
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To Add a Tab
1. Use View > Tabs to access the Tab Manager dialog.
2. Click New. The new tab appears at the bottom of the list and is highlighted. It also appears as the right-most tab at the bottom of the well file window.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each tab you want created.
Use the arrow buttons to move the highlighted tab to another position in the tab list.
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Renaming a Tab
1. Use View > Tabs to access the Tab Manager dialog.
2. Double-click the tab you want renamed. The Rename Tab dialog appears.
3. Type the new name in the Tab Name field.
4. Click OK. The Rename Tab dialog closes.
Repositioning a Tab
1. Use View > Tabs to access the Tab Manager dialog.
2. Highlight the tab name in the list to be repositioned.
3. Do one of the following:
• Click to move the tab to the top of the list. The tab will be placed in the left-most position of the active window.
• Click to move the tab up one level in the list. Each level up places the tab one position to the left in the active window.
• Click to move the tab down one level in the list. Each level down places the tab one position to the right in the active window.
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• Click to move the tab to the bottom of the list. The tab will be placed in the right-most position of the active window.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each tab you want repositioned.
5. When finished, click OK.
Saving the User Workspace Configuration
After you have configured the workspace, you can save the
configuration for future use with the File > Workspace > Save option.
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