HP Netsight manual About Tree Views

Chapter 5

Tree Views

Accessing a tree view; navigating a tree view with the mouse, keyboard, and Tree View toolbar; tree view properties for nodes and interfaces; the default tree views; creating and editing tree views; excluding nodes

Like List Views, Tree Views provide a window through which you can view selected information about the nodes in the central node database. Unlike List Views, however, Tree Views display not only device-level status and configuration, but detailed interface information as well.

About Tree Views

Another way NetSight Element Manager allows you to see, organize, and work with the nodes in your database is through Tree Views. Tree Views, as their name implies, display the contents of your central node database via a tree view control. Each node included in a tree view is displayed at the root of the tree structure, labeled with the appropriate node icon and the node’s IP address or name. Clicking on the expand box beside each node icon displays the first level of available information: device-level status, model, and name information. Clicking on any displayed sub-folders (topologies, classes, or interfaces) supplies additional information about the selected node.

As with List Views, you can choose the information about each node that you wish to display and the font used to display it; you can also choose which nodes you wish to display in a view by configuring a filter which selects or omits nodes based on the characteristics you choose. Specific nodes can also be excluded from individual Tree Views, while remaining present in the central node database. Tree Views, like List Views, provide enormous flexibility in the display of your central node database without altering its contents.

NetSight Element Manager provides you with several default tree views, including a read-only view called the All Nodes Tree View, which always displays the entire contents of your central node database. Each Tree View can be accessed and (where appropriate) edited via the Tree View Workspace. The workspace also allows you to create new tree views, and organize your views via folders.

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