Accessing Remote System Explorer preferences

The Remote System Explorer has settings that you can customize in a preference page. The name of the category is Remote Systems and it appears in the tree view of the Preferences window.
Option Description Default
Default user ID for each system type Specifies a default user ID for a non-local system type. If you do not set the default user ID at the connection level, then the User ID that you specify here will be used. Note: Changing the user ID on the Preferences dialog affects all connections and subsystems that inherit it. Your local user ID
Show connection names prefixed by profile name Select this to display connection names in the Remote System Explorer tree view as profile.connection. Off
Show filter pools in Remote Systems view Select this to show filter pools when expanding a subsystem. When this is not selected, expanding a subsystem will display the filters. Off
Show "New Connection" prompt in Remote Systems view The New Connection option is displayed in the Remote Systems view so that you can create a new connection. Off
Re-open Remote Systems view to previous state Select this to automatically open previously expanded connections on start-up. On
Use cached information to restore the Remote Systems view Select this option to use locally cached information instead of connecting immediately if you are automatically opening the previously expanded connections when starting RSE. On