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Related Objects Views
More than one Related Objects View may appear at a time on the vmExplorer
Dashboard. Related Objects Views are typically located at the bottom of the Primary
View.
Related Objects Views differ from each other and may not appear at all depending on
the object or collection of objects selected from the Virtual Infrastructure View and on
the navigational link selected from the Primary View heading. For example, if you
select a Virtual Machine from the Virtual Infrastructure View and you select the
Summary link from the Primary View heading, a Related Objects View displays a table
that tracks changes in the statuses of the parent Server and Resource Pool. However, if
you select the Clusters container for a specific VirtualCenter from the Topology View
and you select the Summary link from the Primary View heading, a Related Objects
View displays a table that lists all of the Clusters in that container and provides pertinent
details about each one.
For an individual object being viewed in the vmExplorer Dashboard, you will typically
see more than one Related Objects View. These views take the form of tables and list
either the parent or child objects or both (whichever are applicable) of the object being
viewed and provide pertinent details about each one.
For a collection of objects being viewed in the vmExplorer Dashboard, you will
typically see one Related Objects View. This view is a table that lists the objects within
the collection being viewed and provides pertinent details about each one.
You can sort Related Objects View tables by a particular column by clicking the column
heading.
If you select an object from a Related Objects View table by clicking one of the table
rows, all of the views in the vmExplorer Dashboard get updated with information about
the selected object.