General Information

This section of the Components Details Page displays general information about the component.

Component

The name of the component. By default, the components are listed in alphabetical order by component name. You can sort the components list by the items in this column by clicking on one of the sort arrows.

Type

The name of the component type.

A user definable object that is used to control how to handle resources.

For more information on component types see Building a Component.

Version

Displays the revision number of the component.

Platform

Displays the operating system(s) that are valid targets for component deployment.

Checked In

Displays the date and time when the component was checked in. That is, created or modified.

Checked In By

Displays the user ID of the one who checked in the component. That provides an audit trail when trying to troubleshoot problems or inconsistencies.

Label

A user definable text string that can be used to control the sorting on the components page.

Category

A user definable object that is used to filter the component list. Categories are created using the categories page accessed from the Administrative page. Categories are then applied to a component from the Components page. Categories can also be created by clicking in the “Apply Categories . . .” link.

Description

An optional user defined text string that describes the component object. This attribute is not used by the provisioning software but can provide meaningful information to the user.