Sun Management Center 3.6 User's Guide

Creating a Dataview

From the Details and console windows, there are two options to create a dataview:

ProcedureTo Create a Dataview From the Context Pop-up Menu

Steps
  1. Open the Details window for the host in which you are interested.

    The Module Browser view appears in the Details window.

  2. Click the expansion icon next to the items in the hierarchy down to the desired data property.

  3. Press mouse button 3 on a row or cell in the data property table. Then, choose Create Dataview from the pop-up menu.

  4. Select Cell or Row(s) as appropriate.

    An automatically populated dataview window appears.

ProcedureTo Create a Dataview From the Options Menu

Steps
  1. Open the Details window for the host in which you are interested.

    The Module Browser view appears in the Details window.

  2. Click the expansion icon next to the items in the hierarchy down to the desired data property.

  3. In the data property table, select a row or a cell.

  4. From the Options icon menu, choose Create Dataview.


    Tip –

    The Options icon menu is the second from the left icon above the hierarchy view. This icon looks like a list with a check mark.


  5. Select Cell or Row(s) as appropriate.

    An automatically populated dataview window appears.

ProcedureTo Copy to the Dataview Clipboard From the Details Window

Steps
  1. Press mouse button 3 on a row or data cell in a data property table. Then, choose Copy to Dataview Clipboard from the pop-up menu.

  2. Select Cell or Row(s) as appropriate.

  3. To add the copied information to an existing dataview, follow these steps:

    1. Open an existing dataview as explained in To Open an Existing Dataview.

    2. From the Edit menu, choose Paste from Clipboard.

  4. To add the copied information to a new dataview, follow these steps:

    1. In the Details window, click the Dataview icon.


      Tip –

      The Dataview icon is the third icon from the right above the data property table.


      An empty Dataview window appears.

    2. From the Edit menu, choose Paste from Clipboard.

ProcedureTo Copy to the Dataview Clipboard From the Console Window

Steps
  1. Select a row or data cell in a data property table.

  2. Press mouse button 3 and choose Copy to Dataview Clipboard from the pop-up menu.

  3. Select Cell or Row(s) as appropriate.

  4. To add the copied information to an existing dataview, follow these steps:

    1. Open an existing dataview as explained in To Open an Existing Dataview.

    2. From the Edit menu, choose Paste from Clipboard.

  5. To add the copied information to a new dataview, follow these steps:

    1. In the Console window, choose Dataview Manager from the Tools menu.

      The Dataview Manager window appears.

    2. Click the Create button.

      An empty Dataview window appears.

    3. From the Edit menu, choose Paste from Clipboard.

Working With Dataviews

The procedures in this section explain how to open, save, or delete a dataview.

ProcedureTo Open an Empty Dataview Window

Steps
  1. In the console window, choose Dataview Manager from the Tools menu.

    The Dataview Manager window appears.

  2. Click the Create Button.

    An empty Dataview window appears.

ProcedureTo Open an Existing Dataview

Steps
  1. In the Dataview Manager window, select the name of the dataview that you want to open.

  2. Click the Open button.

ProcedureTo Delete a Dataview

Steps
  1. In the Dataview Manager window, select the name of the dataview that you want to delete.

  2. Click the Delete button.


    Note –

    A Delete confirmation window appears to remind you that deleting a dataview is a permanent action.


ProcedureTo Save a Dataview

Steps
  1. In the Dataview window, choose Save from the File menu.

    The Save Dataview window appears. You can type an optional description in the Description field.

  2. Click the Save Dataview button.


    Note –

    If the name that you have chosen for this dataview exists, a Warning window appears.