It is also available from any perspective from the new Connections pull down menu in RDi. This appears automatically in the editor for a newly created workspace. In Figure 1, you can see how the new dialog makes it easier to configure a basic connection to IBM i. There’s even a link to open RSE on the initial “New IBM i Connection” tab in the editor for new workspaces. Just switch perspective once RDi starts (and close PDM if you have no plans to use it) and it will remember that. Is that a big deal to those who don’t want to use PDM perspective? Not at all. Prior to this release, RSE was the default. PDM Perspective Is Now The Defaultīeginning with 9.6.0.11, when you create a new workspace, it will default to the PDM perspective initially. You may be surprised at how useful it can be. I’ll refrain from further gushing here about how great it is, except to say that even if you don’t like the idea of the PDM perspective, give the enhanced Object Table a try in RSE (Window > Show view > Object Table). I’ve written before on what I love about the Object Table and its more recent enhancements. I use that in my RSE perspective every day. I am, however, a huge fan of the enhanced Object Table view that was introduced at the same time. Personally, I still use the traditional Remote System Explorer perspective, but I admit that it may be more out of habit than having given the PDM perspective a chance to win me over. While it was created to target new users, it seems that many experienced RDi users also prefer the simplified interface. It was introduced originally back in 9.6.0.3 and I covered a little about it in a tip back then. This is the perspective designed specifically to ease the transition to RDi. I’ll discuss most of these features in the context of the PDM perspective. If you’re an experienced RDi user, don’t tune out yet - you may find something of interest, too. In my previous tip about the latest release (9.6.0.11) of RDi, I promised to cover new features targeting easing the transition from PDM/SEU for new RDi users. Guru: RDi 9.6, Part 12 – New Features Targeting New RDi Users