{"id":1620,"date":"2017-05-24T09:57:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T08:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/?p=1620"},"modified":"2022-08-25T11:26:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T10:26:53","slug":"using-workbench-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/using-workbench-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Using WorkBench Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Would you like to save the state of your WorkBench environment so you can restore to this state again?<\/p>\n<p>If you do, try using <em>WorkBench<\/em> sessions. You can use a session to save the state of your <em>WorkBench<\/em> environment so you can return to the same point each time you login by choosing the required session from the <strong>Login<\/strong> dialog.<\/p>\n<h2>What is a Session?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/cradle\/help\/7.2\/Title%20Pages\/sessions.htm\">Sessions<\/a> store information about your <em>WorkBench<\/em> <em>environment<\/em>, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Current project<\/li>\n<li>Currently set navigation in the primary WorkBench window<\/li>\n<li>Current window dimensions<\/li>\n<li>Currently opened definitions (only if saved definitions)<\/li>\n<li>Currently set navigation for each query pane<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saving a WorkBench session preserves the size and position of the main screen and which queries are active. Then next time you login to <em>WorkBench<\/em> you can choose the session to use.<\/p>\n<h2>How can I Save WorkBench Sessions?<\/h2>\n<p>To save a session select <strong>Save<\/strong> or <strong>Save As<\/strong> from the WorkBench <strong>Window<\/strong> tab. You can then enter a name for the session before confirming.<\/p>\n<h2>How can I Restore WorkBench Sessions?<\/h2>\n<p>To restore a session select <strong>Reload<\/strong> from the <strong>Window<\/strong> tab. Once you confirm the session is restored to how it was when you logged in initially.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Select a Session on Login<\/h2>\n<p>From the <strong>Login<\/strong> dialog there is a <strong>Session<\/strong> menu. From here you can choose the session you want to use when you login.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1622\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/login_dialog_show_sessions-300x208.png\" alt=\"Select a session upon login\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/login_dialog_show_sessions-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/login_dialog_show_sessions.png 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sessions option in Login dialog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/using-workbench-sessions\/&amp;via=threesl\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Tweet<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.threesl.com%2Fblog%2Fusing-workbench-sessions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Share<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Newsletter<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-small mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Would you like to save the state of your WorkBench environment so you can restore to this state again? 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You can use a session to save the state of your WorkBench environment so you can return to the same point each time you login by choosing the required &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/using-workbench-sessions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Using WorkBench Sessions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[571,28],"class_list":["post-1620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips","tag-sessions","tag-workbench"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Using WorkBench Sessions - 3SL Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How to create and restore sessions and select WorkBench sessions when logging in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/using-workbench-sessions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Using WorkBench Sessions - 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