User's Manual

Working with Running Sessions
9-12 Active System Manager User Guide, Release 7.0
Using the Sessions Calendar
The Sessions view—calendar toolbar (see Figure 9-9) assists planners and managers with planning,
scheduling, tracking, and allocating environment resources. The Sessions view—calendar toolbar enables
you to view availability and session status of inventory or sessions—as well as resolve scheduling
conflicts—against a variable time frame that displays schedule status and the availability of selected items.
Essentially, the Sessions view—calendar toolbar is a visual aid for your overall Active System Manager
session status to help you schedule sessions, monitor activities, and perform future session planning.
This section includes the following topics:
• Using Sessions View Features
• Opening the Session Calendar
Using Sessions View Features
Figure 9-3 on page 9-6 displays the Sessions view (including the tree and calendar components); Figure 9-9
displays the Sessions view toolbar; and Table 9-3 lists and describes the icons, features, and menu options
found in the Sessions view. You access each icon via the Sessions view toolbar. Figure 9-10 displays an
example of “Show Mine Sessions” results using the calendar components; Figure 9-11 displays an example
of “Show All Sessions” results using the calendar components.
Figure 9-9 Sessions View Toolbar
Table 9-3 Sessions View Features—Calendar Components
Icon/Feature/Menu
Option Description
Calendar menu options
(feature)
The actual time frame resolution depends on whether you are viewing the Day, Week,
Month, Quarter, Year time frame. From the calendar header, right-click and select from
the following to switch the time resolution:
• Day Calendar
• Week Calendar
• Month Calendar
• Quarter Calendar
• Year Calendar
colored bars (feature) The Active System Manager software displays the following information for each
session:
• Start and end date and time
• Session Name
• Type (session)
• Status
• Owner
• Participants
To view this additional information, mouse over a colored bar within the Session
calendar.
color schemes (feature) You can customize the Calendar color schemes for sessions that you currently own or
are a participant of. Sessions that you do not own will always display with a white
background with black border. Right-click in the calendar and select Preferences (or
on the Active System Manager toolbar, click Window > Preferences > General >
Display Options) to edit preferences to set the colors.