Creating a View

A view displays specific information from the database. You can create the following types of views:

• Views that are accessible only within this MOM Administrator Console
• Private views that can be accessed only by their creator from any MOM Administrator Console or Web Console within this configuration group
• Public views that can be accessed by anyone from any MOM Administrator Console or Web Console within this configuration group

To create a view:

1. Expand Microsoft Operations Manager (default) in the left pane.
2. Click Monitor in the left pane.
3. • If you want to create a view accessible only in this MOM Administrator Console, continue with step 6.
   • If you want to create a private view, click My Views in the left pane.
   • If you want to create a public view, click Public Views in the left pane.
4. Click Action on the menu bar.
5. Click New on the Action menu.
6. Click one of the following view types:

7. Computer Group View	Displays information about computers in a computer group, such as all computers running Microsoft SQL Server.
   Computer View	Displays information about specified computers in the configuration group.
   Alert View	Displays alerts that meet specified criteria from computers in the configuration group.
   Event View	Displays events that meet specified criteria from computers in the configuration group.
   Computer Performance View	Displays the number of counters sampled for specified computers in the configuration group.
   Performance Data View	Displays sampled numeric data that meets specified criteria from computers in the configuration group.
   Attribute View	Displays computer attributes that meet specified criteria.

8. Follow the instructions until you finish creating a view. For more information about the fields on a window, click Help.
9. In the left pane, click the view you just created.