HP Netsight manual Creating and Editing Tree Views, New Tree View Window

Tree Views

Creating and Editing Tree Views

You can create a variety of tree views customized to meet your network management needs, either by editing any of the default views provided (except the All Nodes Tree View) or by creating entirely new views. User-defined filter criteria allow you to select which nodes will be displayed; Tree View display properties allow you to select which information about those nodes will be displayed.

To create a new tree view:

1.Select Window—>New Tree View from the primary window menu bar.

or

Click on the toolbar. or

In the Tree View Workspace, click the right mouse button on any folder or in any blank area, and select New View from the menu that appears.

The New Tree View window, Figure 5-6, opens.

The Node Items check list allows you to choose which attributes are displayed in the tree view; if you select the Interfaces properties, you can also select which Interface Items you wish to display. For more information, see

Selecting Node

Information to

Display, page 5-8.

Figure 5-6. The New Tree View Window

NOTE

When you add a new tree view by any of the means described above, it will be added to the folder which is currently selected in the Tree View workspace; if you add a tree view by right-clicking in a blank area of the workspace, the new view will be added to the root folder. Once a Tree View has been added, it cannot be moved from folder to folder. All folders and views are listed in the workspace in alphabetical order.

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