Create a New Computers View

Create a new Computers view by using the Navigation pane in the MOM Operator console.

Members of MOM Administrators and MOM Authors can create new views anywhere in an active view, Public Views, or My Views. Members of MOM Users can create a new view only in My Views.

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You can create a new view in any existing folder, or create a new folder. To create a new folder, right-click an existing folder, point to New, and then click Folder.

To create a new Computers view

  1. In the Navigation pane, click Computers and Groups, right-click the folder for the rule group where you want to create the view, point to New, and click Computers Viewto open the Create New - Computer Viewdialog box.
  2. In Which type of computer view do you want to create?list, select the view that you want to create.
  3. The View descriptionlist is dynamically populated with criteria that correspond to your selection. Click Nextto continue.
  4. Depending on the computer that you selected, an additional dialog box is displayed. In the Which computers do you want to view?list, select the check box beside the description that qualifies which computers you want to view. Each enabled computer automatically creates a hyperlink in the View description (click the underlined value to edit)viewing area.
  5. Click each link to open a dialog box to provide more information that is used to select the computer. When finished entering this information, click OK.
  6. Click Nextto continue.
  7. In the View namebox, type a name. You can optionally type a description in the Descriptionbox
  8. Click Finishto complete the creation of the view.

Example

The procedure in the following example creates a new Computers view based on unresolved Service Unavailablealerts.

  1. In the Navigation pane, click Computers and Groups, right-click the folder for the rule group where you want to create the view, point to New, and click Computers Viewto open the Create New - Computer Viewdialog box.
  2. Select Computers that satisfy specified criteria, and click Next.
  3. In the Which computers do you want to view?list, select the with specified severity alerts that are not Resolvedcheck box.
  4. In the View description (click the underlined value to edit)viewing area, select specified severityto open the Alert Severitydialog box.
  5. Select the Service Unavailablecheck box, and click OK.
  6. Click Nextto continue.
  7. In the View namebox, type MyNewComputer. In the Descriptionbox, type A sample Computer view.
  8. Click Finishto complete the creation of the view.

Related Concepts

Views

See Also

Work with the Computers View