Administration

Table 1-1. Horizon Administrator Navigation and Display Features (continued)
Horizon Administrator Feature Description
Multicolumn sorting You can sort Horizon objects in a variety of ways by using multicolumn
sorting.
Click a heading in the top row of a Horizon Administrator table to sort the
Horizon objects in alphabetical order based on that heading.
For example, in the Resources > Machines page, you can click Desktop Pool
to sort desktops by the pools that contain them.
The number 1 appears next to the heading to indicate that it is the primary
sorting column. You can click the heading again to reverse the sorting order,
indicated by an up or down arrow.
To sort the Horizon objects by a secondary item, Ctrl+click another heading.
For example, in the Machines table, you can click Users to perform a
secondary sort by users to whom the desktops are dedicated. A number 2
appears next to the secondary heading. In this example, desktops are sorted
by pool and by users within each pool.
You can continue to Ctrl+click to sort all the columns in a table in descending
order of importance.
Press Ctrl+Shift and click to deselect a sort item.
For example, you might want to display the desktops in a pool that are in
a particular state and are stored on a particular datastore. You can select
Resources > Machines, click the Datastore heading, and Ctrl+click the Status
heading.
Customizing table columns You can customize the display of Horizon Administrator table columns by
hiding selected columns and locking the first column. This feature lets you
control the display of large tables such as Catalog > Desktop Pools that
contain many columns.
Right-click any column header to display a context menu that lets you take the
following actions:
n Hide the selected column.
n Customize columns. A dialog displays all columns in the table. You can
select the columns to display or hide.
n Lock the first column. This option forces the left-hand column to remain
displayed as you scroll horizontally across a table with many columns. For
example, on the Catalog > Desktop Pools page, the desktop ID remains
displayed as you scroll horizontally to see other desktop characteristics.
Selecting Horizon objects and
displaying Horizon object details
In Horizon Administrator tables that list Horizon objects, you can select an
object or display object details.
n To select an object, click anywhere in the object's row in the table. At the
top of the page, menus and commands that manage the object become
active.
n To display object details, double-click the left cell in the object's row. A
new page displays the object's details.
For example, on the Catalog > Desktop Pools page, click anywhere in an
individual pool's row to activate commands that affect the pool.
Double-click the ID cell in the left column to display a new page that contains
details about the pool.
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