User's Manual

Active System Manager User Interface Elements
1-16 Active System Manager User Guide, Release 7.0
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 Detached 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.