Novell ZENworks Server Management Novell 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 Server Management 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
> > .The Appearance dialog box is displayed.
To change the header or row font, click the appropriate button as follows:
To change the header font, click the
button.To change the row font, click the
button.The Fonts dialog box is displayed.
Select the font options you want, then click
to close the Fonts dialog box.To save the changes made to the view, click
> > .By default, the views displayed by Novell ZENworks Server Management do not contain grid lines. To display horizontal and/or vertical grid lines and to select a color for the grid lines:
Click
> > .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:
No grid lines (default)
Horizontal grid lines only
Vertical grid lines only
Vertical and horizontal lines
If you want to select a color for the grid lines, click the
button.The Color Chooser dialog box is displayed. This dialog box includes three tab pages —
, , or — allowing three methods of color selection.Select the color you want to use for the grid lines using one of the three tab pages, then click
to close the Color Chooser dialog box.Click
to close the Appearance dialog box.To save the changes made to the view, click
> > .You may find it useful to display the view name at the top of the right frame to help you keep track of where you are within the Novell ZENworks Server Management Novell ConsoleOne.
To display the view title:
Click
> .In a tabular view, you can change the columns in the following ways:
To resize a column:
Move the mouse pointer to the margin between the columns you want to adjust.
When the pointer changes to a sizing arrow, drag the column to the width you want.
To save the changes made to the view, click
> > .To add or remove columns from a view:
Click
> > .To add a column, select the column name from the
list, then click .To remove a column, select the column name from the
list, then click .Click
.To save the changes made to the view, click
> > .To change the order in which columns are displayed:
Click
> > .Select the column you want to move from the
list, then click the or button to change the location of the column.Click
.To save the changes made to the view, click
> > .You can display the alarms in a tabular view based on filter conditions. The filter applies only to the current management session and clears after you exit Novell 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
> > .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.
If this is the only filter statement or if it is the last statement in a group, select
.If you want to add a line below the current filter statement, select
. A new line is added. You must define the logical relationship between the previous line and the new line. The alarms will be displayed based on the logical condition you have specified. Select to satisfy both the filter conditions. Select to satisfy any one of the filter conditions for the alarm to be displayed.If you want to add one or more lines that are unrelated to the preceding lines, select
. A new line is added. An additional drop-down list separates the new line from the preceding lines. Select a value from this drop-down list to indicate the relations between the filter statements. Select if you want both the filter statements to be satisfied. Select if you want only one of the filter statements in one of the groups to be satisfied. Select from the fourth drop-down list when you add a new group.Click
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
> > .Select the first column you want the entries sorted by from the
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
field, then click the or radio button to specify the sort order.Repeat Step 4 for each subsequent column for which you want entries sorted.
Click
.The entries are now sorted according to the criteria you specified.
To print a view:
Go to the view you want to print.
Click
, then click .In the Print dialog box, select the print options you want, then click
.In the next Print dialog box, click
.You can export a tabular or graphical view to one of the following file formats:
HTML
Comma-delimited text files (.csv)
Tab-delimited text files (.txt)
Blank-space-delimited text files (.txt)
To export a view:
Go to the view you want to export.
Click
, then click .From the
drop-down list, select the format to export the view.Enter the path and name of the file you want to save in the
field or click to search for a location you want to export the file to.Click
.By default, any of the changes you make to the appearance, content, sorting, or filtering of a view are discarded when you exit Novell 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:
Modify the view as desired.
Click
> > .The next time you display the view, the changes will be retained.
In some cases, you might find it useful to create a new view with the changes made. The existing view is left unmodified and you can save the new view under a different name.
To save the view under a new name:
Modify the view as desired.
Click
> > .Enter a name for the view in the
field, then click .To rename or delete the custom views you have saved:
Click
, then .To rename a custom view, select the view from the
list, then click .or
To delete a custom view, select the view from the
list, then click .When you have finished modifying your saved views, click
.The
in a option enables you to display multiple tabular views, trend views, and composite views in the Novell ConsoleOne Views window.A View in
icon , identifies the views that you can display in the Novell ConsoleOne Views.If you have multiple views in the Novell ConsoleOne Views, refreshing will take time.
IMPORTANT:You cannot display all the views in the Novell ConsoleOne Views.
To display a view in the Novell ConsoleOne View window:
Select a view in Novell ConsoleOne.
Select
, then in .or
Click .
You can rename the view, and also arrange the view as a tile or a cascade.
To rename a view:
In Novell ConsoleOne Views, click
, then .Specify a new name, then click
.To tile or cascade the views:
In Novell ConsoleOne Views, click
, then .or
Click
, then .