OEM User's Guide

Custom Views
OEM User’s Guide—520330-001
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Choosing the Display Mode
The Add/Update Specifier Dialog Box
Whenever you add a new specifier to a Custom View or update an existing specifier, the
Add/Update Specifier dialog box appears. This dialog box contains several fields that
allow you to configure the specifier:
Choosing the Display Mode
Custom View windows provide two different ways to view data: hierarchically and as a
simple list of objects.
The hierarchical display presents data in highest-level to lowest-level order. The states
of the higher-level objects are determined by propagating state information from lower-
level objects. You navigate to items by drilling down through the hierarchy. It is easy to
find objects of interest because the number of items at any level is generally low, but
some navigation is almost always necessary to get to the lowest level of data.
Specifier template This is the specifier’s template string. This value must conform
to the rules described in Setting Object Specifiers and State
Filters on page 5-7.
Include States
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This option determines what state filtering is performed:
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To include all objects regardless of state, click All.
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To enter a filter expression, click Filter.
Filter expression To include all objects regardless of state, select the All option
under Include States.
To filter based on the state value, select the Filter option under
Include States.
The filter expression is made up of a series of dropdown lists and
state input fields. Supply a filter expression by selecting a
comparison operator (<, <=, =, >=, >, <>) from the first
dropdown list and then enter the comparison state value in the
adjoining field. The up and down arrow controls on this field
operate only in the range of 0 through 9 (the standard OEM state
values), but you can enter any positive integer value directly into
the field.
If this completes the filter expression, select DONE from the
second drop-down list.
To add a second comparison to the filter expression, choose
AND or OR from this drop-down list and repeat the previous
procedure for the second comparison operator and associated
state value field.
When the OEM evaluates this specifier as part of updating a
Custom View, an object must pass the entire filter expression to
be included in that view.