Collection Defaults Dialog
The Collection Defaults dialog box enables you to set defaults for all of the objects in a collection. The defaults set in this dialog box apply to all of the objects in the collection.
The Collection Defaults dialog box contains the following fields:
- Values set here are the defaults for all objects in the collection.
Select the statuses that all collected objects should be in:
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- Any radio button
- Disables this function. This is the default. Select this button if you are not concerned about the status of the objects in the collection and do not want to filter based on status.
- Selected radio button
- Enables you to select the status(es) you want objects to be in to be included in the collection.
- Status Description / RODM Value table
- The two columns of this table contain a listing of statuses and values that can be filtered. You can select multiple statuses using the Shift or Control keys with the left mouse button.
- Status Description
- A listing, by name, of the statuses that can be selected. This corresponds to the RODM Value to the right.
- RODM Value
- A listing, by numeric RODM value, of the statuses that can be selected. This corresponds to the Status Description to the left.
Note: The data displayed in this table can also be
filtered to display only the type you want to see.
- Default Exceptions push button
- Selects a default set of statuses that are typically exception statuses. The group of typical exception statuses is highlighted in the Status Description / RODM Value table. The Selected radio button is checked automatically when you click the Default Exceptions button.
- Select how flags should affect objects' membership in the collection:
- Enables you to choose, from the list provided, the flag characteristics to apply to all of the objects in the collection. The options for these flag characteristics are Ignore, Exclude, or Include:
- Marked: flag
- The meaning of a "Marked" flag is customer-defined. For example, an operator may mark a resource to indicate that it is being serviced.
- Ignore radio button
- Indicates that the Marked characteristic will not be considered.
- Exclude radio button
- Indicates that objects with the Marked characteristic will be excluded from the collection.
- Include radio button
- Indicates that only objects with the Marked characteristic will be included in the collection.
- Suspended: flag
- Indicates that a resource is suspended from participation in aggregation.
Note: For aggregate resources, the flag that is considered is actually the Child Suspended flag.
- Ignore radio button
- Indicates that the Suspended characteristic will not be considered.
- Exclude radio button
- Indicates that objects with the Suspended characteristic will be excluded from the collection.
- Include radio button
- Indicates that only objects with the Suspended characteristic will be included in the collection.
- Threshold Inconsistency: flag
- Valid only for aggregates. The aggregation thresholds for the resource are not consistent with the total number of real resources in the aggregate or with the rules for setting thresholds. Aggregation will not function correctly until the thresholds are corrected. For example, the aggregation thresholds might be set at 5/10/15, but the aggregate contains only four child resources.
- Ignore radio button
- Indicates that the Threshold Inconsistency characteristic will not be considered.
- Exclude radio button
- Indicates that objects with the Threshold Inconsistency characteristic will be excluded from the collection.
- Include radio button
- Indicates that only objects with the Threshold Inconsistency characteristic will be included in the collection.
- Automation in Progress: flag
- Can be set by automation programs such as AON.
- Ignore radio button
- Indicates that the Automation in Progress characteristic will not be considered.
- Exclude radio button
- Indicates that objects with the Automation in Progress characteristic will be excluded from the collection.
- Include radio button
- Indicates that only objects with the Automation in Progress characteristic will be included in the collection.
- Not Monitored: flag
- The resource is defined in RODM but is not receiving status.
- Ignore radio button
- Indicates that the Not Monitored characteristic will not be considered.
- Exclude radio button
- Indicates that objects with the Not Monitored characteristic will be excluded from the collection.
- Include radio button
- Indicates that only objects with the Not Monitored characteristic will be included in the collection.
Select one of the following buttons
- Back
- Returns to one of the following dialog boxes:
- the
Collection Aggregate dialog box (if you are creating or editing a collection that is an aggregate).
- the
Collection View dialog box (if you are creating or editing a collection that is a view).
- Next
- Opens the
Collection Contents dialog box.
- Cancel
- Cancels the request to set status filters and returns to the
RODM Collection Manager main menu.
- Help
- Opens the help panel for this dialog box.