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Create Table View

Tab pages that contain a table (for example, the Servers table) also contain a Create Table View option on the Table Actions drop-down list. You can use this option to define custom table views that display the table contents according to your personal preferences.

To create table views

1. Click the Management link then any tab that displays a tab page that contains an element table (for example, the Servers tab).

   The tab page appears and, in this example, contains the Servers table.

2. Select Create Table View from the Table Actions drop-down list.

   The Details page of the Create Table View wizard appears.

3. Enter the following information in the corresponding field, then click Next:

   Name

   Specifies a name for the table view.

   Refresh Interval

   Specifies the rate (in seconds) at which the table is automatically refreshed.

   Page Size

   Specifies the maximum number of rows per page in the table.

   Sort Column

   Specifies which column is used to determine the sort order. For example, if you select the Server Name column, the server names are sorted alphabetically. If you select the Creation Date/Time column, the server names are sorted chronologically.

   Sort Order

   Specifies Ascending or Descending. For example if a column was sorted alphabetically, and the Sort Order was set to Ascending, the order would be A through Z.

   Shared View

   Specifies whether this view is available to all users, or only to the table view creator.

   The Columns page appears with all available columns displayed in the Selected Columns field (that is, by default, tables display all available columns).

4. Double-click one or more columns in the Selected Columns field that you want to remove from this custom view.

   The selected columns are moved to the Available Columns field.

5. Click Next.

   The Filter page appears.

6. Create a filter by selecting options from the drop-down menus or typing in the following fields:

   Column

   Specifies the column in the table on which you want to filter. The drop-down list contains an option for each column in the table on which you can filter.

   Value

   Specifies the value in the selected column on which you want to filter. Some drop-down lists contain options for the values in the column selected in the Column field. If there are no options available, you must enter a text string in the field.

   Note:

   • The Value field is not case-sensitive.
   • The string must match exactly—partial matches are not returned. For example if you want the Blueprints table to display all Apache Blueprints, entering Apache will not return any Blueprints.
   • Wildcards are supported. You can use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard, for example Apache* returns all Blueprints that begin with Apache (Apache Tomcat Servlet Engine, Apache HTTP Server, and so on).

7. (Optional) Add additional filter criteria to create a more complex filter:
   1. Select one of the following options:
      • And—Specifies that table displays objects that match the entries in both pairs of Column and Value fields.
      • Or—Specifies that table displays objects that match entries in either pair of Column and Value fields.
   2. Select an option from the second Column drop-down list.
   3. Enter or select a value in the second Value column.

   For example, if you create a filter on the Blueprints page with the first Column field set to Blueprint Name and the first Value field set to Apache*, and the second pair of fields set to Blueprint Version and 1.0.0, selecting the And option would display all Apache Blueprints with a version of 1.0.0. If you select the Or option, the table would display all Blueprints that begin with Apache (regardless of what version they are), and all Blueprints that are version 1.0.0 (regardless of what their name is).

8. Click Finish.

   The custom Table View is created and appears in the Table Views table.