User guide

You may choose whether an expanded node will collapse when another Expand Node arrow is
selected. See Changing user options on page 39.
Clicking on a link that does not contain an arrow will display its corresponding window. Some
windows contain additional links, which may display another window and a side navigation
bar with different content.
Using Windows
Sorting information in a window
The order of rows in a list may be changed by clicking the heading of one of the displayed
columns. When you click a column heading, the order of the list rows will change to
alphabetically ascending, based on that column. If you click the column heading a second time,
the order will change to an alphabetically descending order. An up arrow indicates ascending
order and a down arrow indicates descending order.
If you are using the topology feature in a Units View window, see Topology view on page 116
for sorting criteria.
Filtering information in a window
Some DSView software windows allow you to filter list information by providing a text string
that will be used to retrieve matching items. Filtering is useful if you have many target devices
or other items that extend over many pages. Windows that allow filtering contain a text field
and a Filter button in the content area, as shown in See " DSView Explorer Windows " on page
25.
Filtering is performed either over the entire list of items or of specified columns, and can
provide a shorter, more exact list of items. When filtering is performed, each row and column is
searched for the specified text string. For example, you may wish to perform filtering to list
only DSR 1031 switches in the Name column, target devices with KVM connections in the
Action column, idle ACS console servers in the Status column and so on. Additionally, from a
Units View window, you can use the Custom Fields and Filter link to exclude columns from
the filter and provide a more exact list of filtered items. See Using the Customize link in
windows on page 30.
When the topology feature is enabled in a Units View window, both parent and child units
will display in the filtered view. For example, if you filter for a child named target device 1
that is attached to a DSR 1031 switch, target device 1 will appear below the DSR 1031 switch
in the filtered view.
When filtering, you may use an asterisk (*) before and/or after text strings as a wildcard. For
example, typing emailserver* and clicking Filter will display items with emailserver at the
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