The Navigation View is a standard component of the Designer for Identity Manager workspace. Its specific purpose is to provide a hierarchical tree view of all the file resources—such as projects, folders, and files—contained within the workspace. This view allows users to perform essential file management tasks directly within the Designer interface, including creating, moving, deleting, and opening files for editing.

A. Outline View: This view displays a structured outline of the content within the currently active editor window, not the entire file system of the workspace.

B. Project View: While functionally similar in other IDEs, "Project View" is not the specific term used in Designer for Identity Manager. The correct and official name is Navigation View.

C. Dataflow View: This is a graphical editor used specifically for visualizing and modifying the flow of data and logic within Identity Manager policies and rules.

D. Properties View: This view shows the attributes and configurable settings of an item currently selected in another view (like the Modeler or Navigation View), not for managing files.

1. Micro Focus Documentation: Designer for Identity Manager 4.8 Administration Guide. In Chapter 3, "Understanding the Designer Workspace," Section 3.2.1, "Navigation View," it states, "The Navigation view allows you to manage and view the file resources that are in your workspace. You can open files for editing, and you can create, move, and delete files and folders." This directly confirms the function described in the question.

2. Micro Focus Documentation: Designer for Identity Manager 4.8 Administration Guide. Section 3.2.2, "Outline View," describes its function as displaying "an outline of the file that is currently open in the editor area," differentiating it from the workspace-level Navigation View.