HP Web Jetadmin - Columns and Filters Detail

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Figure 6 – Select Columns showing an obsolete column selection with a “replaced by”
notation
Obsolete Columns
Many columns in HP Web Jetadmin 10.2 Service Release 5 and later have been categorized as
obsolete. These columns continue to exist and also function, but will be removed from the software in
a future revision (not yet determined). These columns are now located in the Obsolete category within
HP Web Jetadmin selection interfaces. There are two primary reasons for a column being categorized
as obsolete:
• The column no longer has value or is not supported by HP in many current or future products
• The column has been replaced by a new column for various reasons
The second point is true in the majority of cases where columns have been categorized as obsolete
for two reasons. First, complex device details have been improved in newer columns with far better
functionality. The old (obsolete) column continues to exist and function, but the new column should be
strongly considered as a replacement (see the note in the following Examples section). Second, new
HP device functionality created a need for column improvements and older HP device functionality
has been programmatically bridged into the new column item.
Examples
All of the device usage
metrics have been merged
into HP Web Jetadmin’s
newer Counters columns
and have been moved into
the Obsolete category.
Supplies is another area
where an improved column
and sub-properties feature
provides far better
functionality than older,
individual supplies columns.
Use the Select Columns
interface (shown in
Figure 6) to understand
obsolete columns. Also,
obsolete column
categorization is noted in
other places, such as the
HP Web Jetadmin device
list column headers and the
filter or export interfaces.
When a column has a replacement, the notation available in these areas includes the new column
replacement name as shown in Figure 6.
NOTE HP will continue to make obsolete columns available for the next few releases so that
administrators and others can continue to rely on them in device lists, filtering, and exporting
features. HP will remove these in a future release (to be determined) and will give notice
through regular support documentation when these changes occur.