Console Properties Notebook: View Page

Use the View page to change the way resources in all views are displayed or refreshed and to view a legend of icons associated with each resource type.

You can change the following properties:

Auto refresh
Select or deselect to indicate whether you want to automatically refresh your views whenever their topology changes; for example, when resources are added or deleted.

If you turn Auto refresh off, you still receive notification of view updates in the status area of the view. You can also select one or more of the Status update notification options along with audible notification to hear a beep when views are updated. You can then manually refresh your views using the Refresh now function.

Show node labels
Select or deselect to indicate whether you want to display or hide the label text associated with nodes.
Show link labels
Select or deselect to indicate whether you want to display or hide the label text associated with links.
Truncate labels
Select Right, Left, None, or Wrap to indicate whether and how you want label text truncated when it is too long to fit in a view. When labels are truncated, you can display the full label text by positioning the mouse over the resource.
Max wrapped lines
If you select Wrap, the Max wrapped lines spin box is enabled. Enter the maximum number of lines you want to allow a label or node to wrap to (between 1 and 99). The number of lines applies to all topology views.
Show nodes as
Select Icons or Shapes to indicate how you want to display resources in views. Displaying shapes instead of icons can improve performance.
Flyover text
To change the text that is displayed in the left section of the status area when you hover the mouse pointer over a resource, select one of the following:
Resource name
The name of the resource.
Data1
For RODM resources, this is the information defined in the RODM DisplayResourceOtherData field. For all other resources, this is customer-defined heartbeat information.
Data2
For RODM resources, this is the information defined in the RODM DisplayResourceUserData field. For all other resources, this is customer-defined heartbeat information.
Data3
Customer-defined heartbeat information.
Data4
Customer-defined heartbeat information.
Status update notification
If you wish to be notified when a status is updated, select one or more of the following:
Topology/status update notification
If you wish to be audibly notified when a status changes, select Audible notification.

Note: In order for audible notification to work, you must also select one or more of the Status update notification options.

Label foreground
To change the color of label text, which is the text associated with resources, click the arrow beside Label foreground. From the resulting color palette, you can select the color you want to use for label text.
Free text foreground
To change the color of free text, which is text a user has added to a view, click the arrow beside Free text foreground. From the resulting color palette, you can select the color you want to use for free text.
Background
To change the color of view backgrounds, click the arrow beside Background. From the color palette, you can select a desired color. This color is used only when the View background preference is Solid color.
View background preference
To change the view background, select the Image or the Solid color radio button. Details views always use solid color.
Default
To reset the defaults for this page to the system defaults, click the first Default button.
Resource Type Legend
To open the Legend window, click the Resource Type Legend button.
Save properties as system defaults
To have your settings become the default settings for other consoles attached to the same server, click Save properties as system defaults if you are signed on with administrative authority. The new settings will take effect for each user the next time he or she signs on. However, if a user has changed properties, these changes override any changes saved by the administrator.
Note: The new default settings become active for all consoles opened after the change is applied. The current console and any opened prior to the implementation of the change retain the settings they had prior to the change. To have the new default values take effect for these consoles, close the consoles and reopen them.

Warning: Be sure to use a combination of colors that is easily distinguishable. For example, do not use light blue label text on a dark blue view background.

When you are finished with this page, select another tab to go to a different page, or click one of the following buttons:

OK
To apply your changes and exit the notebook.
Apply
To apply your changes, but keep the notebook open.
Default
To reset the properties for all pages in this notebook to the system defaults.
Cancel
To exit the notebook without making changes.