ViewPoint Manual
Definition of ViewPoint Screens
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Field Descriptions
Function Key Notes
Table 3-10 describes the operation of some of the function keys and special 
requirements for using them.
Table 3-10. Function Key Notes (Status Item Configuration Screen)
Function
Key Special Requirements
F12 Causes the current status-configuration file to accept the values on the screen. 
Depending on whether the item already exists, F12 either adds the described 
status item to the Network Status Summary screen or reconfigures the current 
status item with the new values. If you selected more than one item on the 
Network Status Summary screen, F12 advances you to the next item, displaying 
its current values. Pressing F12 multiple times advances you through all selected 
items, finally returning you to the Network Status Summary screen. To return 
immediately to the Network Status Summary screen, press F16.
F13 Retrieves the default values for display types associated with the status server 
class, usually in order to create a new status item. Has two ways to perform this 
retrieval: 
•
Enter the name of a specific display type and server class in fields 2 and 5, 
then press F13. ViewPoint queries the specified server and, on locating the 
display type, fills in default values in other appropriate fields. You can then 
fill in other fields and modify default values. Press F12 to add this new 
status to the end of the status configuration file.
•
Leave the display type field (field 2) blank; enter the name of a specific 
server class in field 5 and press F13. ViewPoint retrieves the first display 
type for the specified server. You can then fill in other fields, or modify 
default values, and press F12. ViewPoint adds the configuration of the 
Status Screen to the default configuration file, Statdflt, for later use. Press 
SF13 to retrieve the next display type and modify it.
After all the display types are retrieved, SF13 causes the first display type to be 
displayed again. You can use F16 to return to the Network Status Summary 
screen or use F13 to scan display types for some other status server class.
F16 Returns to the Network Status Summary screen without making any change to 
the configuration of the current status item.










