Enterprise View can contain multiple Essbase Servers, applications, and databases. You can create custom views of the Enterprise View tree in separate tabs in the navigation pane. Custom views can help reduce the number of mouse clicks it takes to navigate to an object in Enterprise View.
For example, if you perform tasks for a particular application on a regular basis, you might want to create a more manageable view of just that application. You can do this by adding the node for that application to a custom view.
Keep in mind the following information about custom views:
You cannot add individual container nodes to a custom view. For example, you cannot select the Applications container node and add it to a custom view. You must select individual objects below container nodes to include in a custom view.
You can add the following Essbase objects to a custom view: Essbase Servers, applications, databases, calculation scripts, report scripts, filters, and rules files. You cannot add Essbase users and groups, Essbase Administration Servers, or Essbase Administration Server users to a custom view.
When you add an object, everything that appears below that object is also added, including container nodes.
When you add an object to an existing custom view, the console adds the object as the last item in the tree. You can then rearrange objects in a custom view.
Note: | Rearranging objects in a custom view does not affect the order of objects in Enterprise View. You cannot change the order of objects in Enterprise View. |
You can operate on objects from a custom view or from Enterprise View.
Any custom views you create are simply pointers to the same objects in Enterprise View. Because the Enterprise View tree and custom view trees behave identically, any changes you make to Enterprise View are reflected in a custom view, and conversely.
You can have multiple custom views.
There is no limit to the number of custom views you can create. However, if you create many custom views, you may experience slower performance when loading the console. Also, after all space along the bottom of the navigation pane is filled with tabs, the tabs wrap into multiple rows and the Enterprise View area is smaller.
Each custom view you create is named MyView<number> by default. You can rename custom view tabs to better describe their content.
When you add an object to a custom view, that object is placed directly under the root node of the custom view. Under the root node, objects appear in the order in which you added them.
If you are working from a custom view when you close Administration Services Console, that custom view is displayed instead of Enterprise View when you next log in to the console.