User's Manual

Managing Widgets
17-6 Active System Manager User Guide, Release 7.1
Refreshing Widget Content
For some widget, the associated data does not refresh automatically, so you may be looking at stale
information.
To get an up-to-date representation of the widget data, you will need to refresh its content; perform the
following steps:
1. Open the Dashboard perspective and view the widgets, use one of the following methods:
• On the Active System Manager navigation menu, click Dashboard.
• On the Active System Manager menu bar, click Window > Open Perspective > Dashboard.
2. Select a widget. If the widget is empty, on the title bar, click the down arrow icon, and select
Refresh; see Figure 17-3 on page 17-5.
Deleting a Widget
The dashboard can contain many different types of widgets. If you need to delete a widget, perform the
following steps:
1. Open the Dashboard perspective and view the widgets, use one of the following methods:
• On the Active System Manager navigation menu, click Dashboard.
• On the Active System Manager menu bar, click Window > Open Perspective > Dashboard.
2. Select a widget, on the title bar, click the down arrow icon, and select Delete; see Figure 17-3 on
page 17-5.
Maximizing or Minimizing a Widget
To maximize a widget, perform the following steps:
1. Open the Dashboard perspective and view the widgets, use one of the following methods:
• On the Active System Manager navigation menu, click Dashboard.
• On the Active System Manager menu bar, click Window > Open Perspective > Dashboard.
2. Select a widget. If the widget is empty, click the Edit layout link; see Figure 17-4.
2) Select a widget, on the widget title bar, select the window icon to maximize (or minimize, depending
on which state the widget is in), which extends (or minimizes) the width and height of the selected widget.
Alternatively, to minimize the widget, you can also click the down arrow icon, and select Minimize.
3) To reset the widget position, on the widget title bar, re-select the window icon.