ZfS ConsoleOne provides two types of views: tabular (list) views and graphical views. The Console, Active Alarms, and Alarm History views are all tabular views. The atlas and Trend views are both graphical views. The Summary view may contain both tabular and graphical elements.
There are many characteristics that are common to all views. This section describes the common tasks you can perform on the ZfS views, including:
In a view, you can change the following:
To change the font of the text on a tabular view's headings or rows:
Click View > Settings > Appearance.
The Appearance dialog box is displayed.
To change the header or row font, click the appropriate button as follows:
The Fonts dialog box is displayed.
Select the font options you want > click OK to close the Fonts dialog box.
To save the changes made to the view, click View > Saving > Save.
By default, the views displayed by ZfS do not contain grid lines. To display horizontal and/or vertical grid lines and to select a color for the grid lines:
Click View > Settings > Appearance.
The Appearance dialog box is displayed.
Select the grid line style you want to use from the Style drop-down list. You can choose to have:
If you want to select a color for the grid lines, click the Color button.
The Color Chooser dialog box is displayed. This dialog box includes three tab pages --- Color Swatches, HSB, or RGB --- allowing three methods of color selection.
Select the color you want to use for the grid lines using one of the three tab pages > click OK to close the Color Chooser dialog box.
Click OK to close the Appearance dialog box.
To save the changes made to the view, click View > Saving > Save.
In a tabular view, you can change the columns in the following ways:
To add or remove columns from a view:
Click View > Settings > Column Selector.
To add a column, select the column name from the Available Fields list > click Add.
To remove a column, select the column name from the Show These Fields in This Order list > click Remove.
Click OK.
To save the changes made to the view, click View > Saving > Save.
You can display the alarms in a tabular view based on filter conditions. The filter applies only to the current management session and clears once you exit ConsoleOne.
You set up a filter by selecting a criteria from four drop-down lists or entering a criteria. You can either set up simple filters that require only one line, or complex filters composed of multiple lines or groups of lines. If you set up a filter using more than one line, you must also specify the logical relationship between the line and/or group of lines.
To set up a filter:
Go to the required view.
Click View > Settings > Filter.
Select the column by which you want to filter alarms from the first drop-down list.
Select an operator from the second drop-down list.
The operator defines the constraint value set to the column. You can specify any of the following values for the alarm display - equal to, not equal to, greater than, less than, greater than or equal to, less than or equal to, contain, or start with the value you select in the third drop-down list. The list of available operators depends on the selected column.
Select a value from the third drop-down list.
Specify how this filter statement relates to other statements you plan to define by selecting a value from the fourth drop-down list.
Click OK if you have finished defining filters.
The view is updated to display only those entries that meet the filter criteria you defined.
Using the sorting feature to modify the order in which the entries in a tabular view. You can sort the entries in the following two ways:
For instructions on sorting alarms, see Sorting Alarms.
To sort the entries displayed in the view by a single column:
Double-click the column header for the column by which you want to sort the entries.
When you double-click the column header, the entries in the view are sorted by that column in descending order (the most recent entries first). To sort the entries by ascending order (oldest entries first), double-click the column header again.
To sort the view using multiple columns:
Click View > Settings > Sort.
Select the first column you want the entries sorted by from the Sort Items By field.
Select the appropriate radio button to indicate whether you want the entries sorted in ascending or descending order.
Select the second column by which you want entries sorted from the Then By field > click the ascending or descending radio button to specify the sort order.
Repeat Step 4 for each subsequent column for which you want entries sorted.
Click OK.
The entries are now sorted according to the criteria you specified.
You can export a tabular or graphical view to one of the following file formats:
To export a view:
By default, any of the changes you make to the appearance, content, sorting, or filtering of a view are discarded when you exit ConsoleOne. If you want to retain the changes you have to explicitly save the view.
This section includes the following topics:
If you want to permanently modify the existing view to reflect the changes you made, you can simply save the view as follows: