The work area, by default in the middle pane of the Essbase Studio Console, is used to display and work with metadata elements and graphical representations of source and metadata elements.
Objects displayed in the work area:
Minischemas, described in About Minischemas
Essbase models, described in Essbase Properties
Lineage View, described in Lineage
Drill-through reports, described in Drill-through Reports
Hierarchy editor, described in Hierarchies
Sample data, described in the topic, Viewing Sample Data in Data Source Connections
Deployment history, described in Viewing Deployment History