User's Manual

Active System Manager User Interface Elements
Active System Manager Overview 1-21
Maximizing, Minimizing, or Restoring the Editor Workspace
To maximize or minimize the editor workspace, perform one of the following options:
• In the editor workspace, 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 editor workspace, 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.
To restore the editor workspace back to its original state, double-click the editor tab twice.
Navigating Editors
The Active System Manager software allows you to navigate editors via the submenu options on the
Window > Navigation menu.
The Navigation menu options for editors include:
• Maximize Active View or Editor—Allows you to maximize the active view or editor.
• Minimize Active View or Editor—Allows you to maximize the active view or editor.
• Activate Editors—Displays the active editor for your working Template or session.
• Next Editor—Displays the next editor within your working Template or session.
• Previous Editor—Displays the previous editor within your working Template or session.
• Quick Switch Editor—Allows you to switch from one editor to another.
Using Multi-Editor Functions
Multi-editors allow you to manage large amounts of editors in a spreadsheet-like manner; that is, you can
manipulate rows and columns to perform bulk-like operations.
The multi-editor is an advanced feature that lets you create multiple copies of resource types, or resource
instances, simultaneously. The multi-editor modifies all of the core properties, except for Manufacturer, for
multiple resource types; for resource instances, it modifies all of the core properties, except for
Manufacturer, Model, Asset Tag, and Version. The Role property is modifiable for CRIs, but only if they
are Version zero (v0). A CRI is v0 until it has an availability time assigned to it; then it becomes Version 1
(v1).
To use the multi-editor, perform the following steps:
1. Right-click the content you want to view and select Open with Multi-Editor.
You can select a single record, multiple records, a folder and all of its records, multiple folders, or
multiple sub-folders within different branches. You may also open multiple instances of the
multi-editor.
2. Make your changes to the fields.
You can modify any field except for Manufacturer. Use the Fill feature (see the “Fill Feature” section
on page 1-24) to create new content, or to create multiple field values.