ViewPoint Manual

Using ViewPoint
ViewPoint Manual—426801-001
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Creating Configuration Files
enter $SYSTEM in the Object Name field. (You should also type $SYSTEM
after Disk Busy in the Item Description field so that the name of the disk
appears on the screen.)
e. Make any other changes to the template that you want.
f. Press F12 to confirm the configuration change. You can continue to add new
items; for instance, add all the disks on your system. ViewPoint continues to
display the Status Item Configuration screen until you request a different screen.
7. Press F16 to return to the Network Status Summary screen and observe the new
items you have added. This is the display shown whenever you request MYSTAT
on the Profile screen as your status configuration file.
You might use the alternate configuration file, MYSTAT, on the same terminal
where you display events on an Alternate Events screen. An Alternate Events
screen is particularly well suited to alternate configurations because you can change
configurations on that screen without affecting the Primary Events screen.
8. Press F14 to request the Profile screen, and change the name of the event
configuration file to a new name, MYEVNT.
9. Press F14 to make the name change.
10. Press F14 again to create the new configuration file, MYEVNT. This is a new
configuration file, so ViewPoint asks you to press F14 again in order to create the
file.
11. Define the configuration for MYEVNT. To do this, you indicate what events to
display and how you want them displayed.
a. Press SF3 to request the Alternate Events screen. The screen is blank except for
the headers and a message on the advice line that asks you to press F12 to
configure the screen.
b. Press F12 to request the Alternate Event Configuration screen.
c. Restrict the Alternate Events screen to display all action events that occurred
since 5:00 yesterday evening. Then put yesterday’s date (in the year/month/day
format) and the time (17:00:00) in the After field.
d. Press F12 to confirm the configuration and return to the Alternate Events screen.
It is possible that no events are displayed on the screen; notice the number of
Action Events displayed at the top of the screen. If it is zero, no events are
displayed.