User's Manual

Accessing Inventory
8-10 Active System Manager User Guide, Release 7.1
• Click Link with a resource type in the Resource Instances view to synchronize the instance shown with
any selected resource type. Select resource types from the Resource Types view and observe that the
instances displayed follow the types selected.
• Close the Resource Instances view and re-open it: on the Active System Manager menu bar, click
Window > Show View menu. Or click the Fast View icon (in the bottom-left corner).
• Restore the Resource Instances view to its former location by dragging the view. Or, reset the
perspective by right-clicking on the highlighted perspective name.
In the Resource Instances view, the Active System Manager software also provides a calendar function that
you can toggle on/off to display resource allocation; for more information, see the “Using the Resource
Allocation Calendar” section on page 8-11.
Linking Views with Resource Instances
To author templates that can be scheduled, check to what the resource is connected (that is, synchronized),
and be aware of the actual resource connectivity—which resources are connected to matrix switches, or to
other resources, and so on.
To determine if two resources can be connected, you can use the Links view or the Resource Instances view
to see if they are connected to each other. Alternatively, you can verify if the two resources are connected
to the same matrix switch. If they are, you can author a Template that should be schedulable.
Note The term “link” does not refer to a physical link between resources in this context; instead, this is
actually a feature that synchronizes the link view to the resource selected in the Resource Instances
view.
To link the Links and Resource Instances views, perform the following steps:
1. In the Resource Instances view, select a resource.
2. Open the Links view: on the Active System Manager menu bar, click Window > Show View > Links.
3. On the Links toolbar, click the Link with a Resource Instance icon.
The associated links for that resource display.
Note If you click the Link with a Resource Instance icon, the Links view works in
conjunction with the selection in the Resource Instances view; that is, it only displays
links associated with the selected resource instances in the Resource Instances view.
As for any Active System Manager navigator view, you can also group and filter the information displayed
within the view. This filter dialog is unique; for more information, see the next section, “Using Links View
Filters.”