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16 Collections in Systems Insight Manager
Collections in Systems Insight Manager
Systems and events are grouped into collections based on information from the Systems Insight Manager
database. After a collection is defined, you can display the results or associate the collection with a task.
You can also save an edited or unedited collection as a collection with another name.
You can use collections to organize large numbers of systems into smaller, more meaningful groupings. For
example, your organization might have five system administrators who are responsible for 100 different
systems in 6 different buildings. You can create a collection for each administrator that includes only his or
her systems, or you can create a collection for each building that includes only the systems located in that
building. You must have administrative rights to customize shared collections.
NOTE: Use English text for naming collections. If you do not use English text, you might see named collections
generated by Systems Insight Manager. For example, collection-<number>
You can create a collection several ways:
• Create a collection from the Customize Collections page.
Click the Customize link on the System and Event Collections panel. The Customize Collections page
appears. Select Events or Systems and click New. The New Collection section is displayed.
Customize Collections page
NOTE: Both systems and event collections can be created.
• Create a collection from the system view page.
Click Save As Collection at the bottom of any system view page. This command enables you to save
the currently selected the systems (or collections) as a new collection.
Saving from the table view page
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