User's Manual

Active System Manager User Interface Elements
1-16 Active System Manager User Guide, Release 7.1
Opening Navigator Views
To open a navigator view, on the Active System Manager menu bar, click Window > Show View and select
one of the views. For a list of all available views by perspective, see Table 1-5 on page 1-11.
Navigating Through the Views
You can use the standard procedure of opening a view, but if you are in a working state and want to work
with an existing view, you can navigate to a previous or next view:
• On the Active System Manager menu bar, click Window > Navigation > Next View.
• On the Active System Manager menu bar, click Window > Navigation > Previous View.
To minimize or maximize a view, perform one of the following options:
• In the active view, click the Maximize icon; or, on the Active System Manager menu bar, click Window
> Navigation > Maximize Active View or Editor. To restore it back to its original view, click the
Minimize icon.
• In the active view, click the Minimize icon; or, on the Active System Manager menu bar, click Window
> Navigation > Minimize Active View or Editor. To restore it back to its original view, right-click the
editor and select Minimize.
Creating Views
This section explains how to create the following views:
• Creating a New View
• Creating a Fast View
Creating a New View
To create a new view, perform the following steps:
1. On the Resource Types or Resource Instances view toolbar, click the down-arrow icon.
The toolbar menu displays the available commands; see Figure 1-4 for an example.
Figure 1-4 Resource Instances View—New View Menu
Down-arrow icon
New View menu
2. Click New View to display the new view on the same view toolbar as the original. You can drag the new
view to any part of the user interface.