User's Manual

Active System Manager User Interface Elements
1-6 Active System Manager User Guide, Release 7.1
Perspectives
Each Active System Manager application window contains one or more perspectives. A perspective defines
the initial set and layout of views in the application window. Within the window, each perspective shares
the same set of editors. Each perspective provides a set of functionality aimed at accomplishing a specific
type of task or works with specific resource types. As you work in the application, you will likely often
switch perspectives.
Perspectives control the layout of the user interface for the Active System Manager product; they define
which views are displayed and their positions on screen. You can customize a perspective and use it at a
future time; for more information, see the “Navigating Perspectives” section on page 1-7. To set
preferences for your perspectives, see the “Modifying Perspective Preferences” section on page 1-7.
Note You can set your general preferences to open perspectives in the same window or in a new window.
Table 1-4 outlines the “out of the box” perspectives and the tasks that you can perform with each
perspective.
Reports Allows you to perform all of the functions to create and print reports for your inventory (in alphabetical order, not functional
order):
• Control Equipment Summary Report
• Custom Reports
• Detailed Session Report
• Inventory Link Detail Report
• Managed Equipment Detail Report
• Managed Equipment Summary Report
• User Management Report*
• Session Audit Report
• Template Utilization Report
Window Allows you to perform the following functions:
• Navigate between the various Active System Manager views, editors, perspectives, and menus.
• Customize and work with your perspectives
• Set preferences for elements used in your network.
Help Provides help and the search function for using the Active System Manager software.
Table 1-4 Tasks for Each Perspective
Perspective Preferred Task Chapter Reference
Dashboard Facilitates configurable graphical representation
of the infrastructure in various widgets.
Chapter 17, “Dashboard.”
Setup Facilitates the discovery of network equipment
related information using domain-based
information.
Chapter 5, “Inventory Management.”
Inventory Managing inventory. Chapter 8, “Using Inventory.”
Operations Managing operations Chapter 5, “Inventory Management.”
Templates Managing templates and scheduling. Chapter 9, “Repository Management”
Sessions
(default)
Managing sessions, interacting with equipment,
and executing test cases.
Chapter 10, “Network Management”
Table 1-3 Active System Manager Menu Options (continued)
Menu Description