OEM User's Guide

Custom Views
OEM User’s Guide—520330-001
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The MinState Field
The MinState Field
The MinState field is located on the right side of the toolbar. It is used to quickly filter
which objects are displayed in the View, based on the state of those objects. The
MinState field defines the minimum object state to display in the View. In order to be
included, an object's state must be greater than or equal to the MinState of the View. It
is important to note that this filtering takes place after all View specifiers are evaluated,
and thus it only applies to the objects that comprise the View. For example, if you
define a View made up of CPUs whose state is greater than 5, the MinState setting for
the View will apply only to those objects. Therefore, setting the MinState to a value less
than 5 does not cause any additional objects to appear in the View, because the View
definition dictates that only CPUs with a state greater than 5 are included. However, if
you set the MinState to 7, CPUs with states of 5 or 6 will not be displayed, because the
extra MinState filtering effectively hides those objects.
The MinState field is particularly useful in Views that contain a large number of objects,
since it lets you rapidly narrow the display to focus on those objects that are in the most
critical states.
To set the MinState value for a View, enter a state value between 0 and 9 in the
Minimum State field, or use the up and down arrow buttons located to the right of the
field to incrementally adjust the value.
The Status Bar
The status bar consists of two sections: the left section contains the number of items
currently displayed in the Object List portion of the window, and the right section
contains information on the progress of current operations, errors encountered, and so
on.
Configuring Custom View Properties
Custom Views contain several user-configurable parameters that you can use to define
both the data contained within the view and how that data is displayed. This section
describes these parameters, explains how to work with them, and includes the following
operations:
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Setting Object Specifiers and State Filters on page 5-7
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Choosing the Display Mode on page 5-12
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Selecting the View Format on page 5-13
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Selecting the Client State Reporting Option on page 5-14
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Altering the Window Layout on page 5-14
Setting Object Specifiers and State Filters
Object specifiers are the key element of Custom Views. By adding specifiers to a view
definition, you determine which objects will comprise the view. Each Custom View can