User's Manual

Accessing Inventory
8-6 Active System Manager User Guide, Release 7.1
This section describes the following topics:
• Using Resource Types
• Using Resource Instances
• Linking Views with Resource Instances
• Using the Search Function
Using Resource Types
You can explore the various resource types that Active System Manager displays in the Resource Types
view, by performing any of the following operations:
• Navigate to the Resource Types view and open a resource type in the editor (double-click the resource
type; for example, “Cisco 6509,” as displayed in Figure 8-2 on page 8-4).
• View the Resource Type properties in the editor by scrolling or by using the Outline view. (To open the
Outline view, on the Active System Manager menu bar, click Window > Show View > Other >
General > Outline.)
• In the Resource Types view, click the Filter icon and filter by “Control Equipment” only, then by
“Managed Equipment” only. For more information about how to filter and display resources using this
function, see the “Accessing Resources via the Filters Dialog Box” section on page 8-8.
• In the Resource Types view, click the Group By icon and group the resources by Role, then
Manufacturer, then Model. For more information about how to group and display resources using this
function, see the “Accessing Resources via the Group By Dialog Box” section on page 8-7.
• From the Resource Types view drop-down menu (see Figure 8-4), select Expand All.
Figure 8-4 Resource Types View—Expand All Menu
• In the Resource Types view, select resource types and observe that the instances displayed follow the
types selected.
• Close the Resource Types view and then re-open it (on the Active System Manager menu bar, click
Window > Show View). Or click the Fast View icon (in the bottom left corner).
• Restore the Resource Types view to its former location by dragging the view. Or, reset the perspective
by right-clicking the highlighted perspective name.