Concept
Watch Pane and Watch View
You can drag objects to the Watch pane or a Watch View to monitor their live values and other properties, for example, to monitor the impact of a change you are about to make in your system. Property changes are immediately displayed in the Watch pane or Watch View. You can add and remove property columns in the Watch pane or Watch View.
Dragging an object to the Watch pane or Watch View, you get different results depending on whether you right-click and drag or left-click and drag:
Right-click and drag the object to the Watch pane or Watch View. When you choose this method, you can select the properties you want to monitor.
Left-click and drag an object to the Watch pane or Watch View. When you choose this method, the default property of the object is displayed.
The list of objects in the Watch pane is not saved when you log out of WorkStation but you can save the lists of objects to the system and reopen it from the System Tree. You can save the list of objects on the Watch View toolbar. The saved Watch view is opened in the List View. You can right-click any object in the Watch pane or a Watch View to view and edit the properties of that object. The Properties dialog box displays the properties you have chosen to monitor in the Watch pane or Watch View and also contains a link to the full properties of the object.
You can right-click an object in the Watch pane or Watch View and view the trends related to the object.
WorkStation Workspace
Watch Pane and Watch View Toolbar
System Tree Pane
System Tree Pane Toolbar
Object Properties
Showing Non-Presentation Objects in the System Tree Pane
Adding an Object to the Watch Pane or a Watch View
Removing an Object from the Watch Pane or a Watch View
Saving a List of Values in the Watch Pane or a Watch View