Collection Aggregate Dialog

The Collection Aggregate dialog box enables you to specify a new collection aggregate (add) or make changes to existing collection aggregates (edit) shown in the RODM Collection Manager main menu. The Collection Aggregate dialog box contains the following fields:

What should this aggregate be called?
In this required field, enter, or change (if editing an existing collection), a name for the collection. This field can contain up to 254 bytes. Invalid characters cannot be entered into this field. Invalid characters include:

Note: If this field is left blank, an error message appears and you cannot proceed with creating the collection until it is named.

This text will appear next to the aggregate object.

Add any descriptive text here.
In this optional entry field, enter any brief description of the collection that might aid in determining the contents of the collection. This field can contain up to 253 bytes. Invalid characters cannot be entered into this field. Invalid characters cannot be entered into this field. Quotation marks and apostrophes are invalid characters for this field.

This text appears in the Console's "Data 1" field.

What layout type should be used?
From the drop-down list box, select the layout type for the collection. Valid types are:
Grid
the objects are arranged in a square pattern (as nearly as is possible). For example, if your collection has 25 objects, they will be laid out in a 5x5 grid.
Circle
the objects are arranged in an elliptical pattern.

What icon should represent this collection?
From this drop down icon list, select the icon that should display for the new object you are creating.

How many of this aggregate's child objects must be in a degraded status in order for this aggregate to "notice" by changing itself from "Satisfactory" to "Degraded" status?
There are two, mutually exclusive, ways to specify this information. Two radio buttons with accompanying entry fields enable you to specify this value in one of the following two ways:
Exactly
This is the default and the value is -2. The maximum allowable value is 99999. The minimum allowable value is the default, -2.
As a percentage
This field can contain numbers from 0 to 100. Specify the percentage of child objects that you want to be in degraded status before this aggregate object changes status.
And from "Degraded" to "Severely Degraded" Status?
There are two, mutually exclusive, ways to specify this information. Two radio buttons with accompanying entry fields enable you to specify this value in on of the following two ways:
Exactly
This is the default and the value is -2. The maximum allowable value is 99999. The minimum allowable value is the default, -2.
As a percentage
This field can contain numbers from 0 to 100. Specify the percentage of child objects that you want to be in degraded status before this aggregate object changes status.
And from "Severely Degraded" to "Unsatisfactory" status?
There are two, mutually exclusive, ways to specify this information. Two radio buttons with accompanying entry fields enable you to specify this value in on of the following two ways:
Exactly
This is the default and the value is -2. The maximum allowable value is 99999. The minimum allowable value is the default, -2.
As a percentage
This field can contain numbers from 0 to 100. Specify the percentage of child objects that you want to be in degraded status before this aggregate object changes status.

Select one of the following buttons

Next
Opens the Collection defaults dialog box.

Cancel
Cancels the request to add or edit an aggregate and returns to the RODM Collection Manager main menu.

Help
Opens the help panel for this dialog box.