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Creating a User View

When you have configured a view, for example added filter, sorts, or created a graph view of an object you can save that view as a user-defined view and give it the name you want. Once you have created and saved a user-defined view of an object you can select it in the object tree and it will display according to the configuration you have created.

To create a User View

  1. Configure the view according to your needs. For example, sort columns, create a filter, or change the view from the Table view to the Graphic view. When you have completed configuring the view go to the next step.
  2. Select the File menu, and click Save As.

    The Save As... dialog is displayed.

  3. Enter a name for your new view.

    In the following example we name our new view Spare Vols:

    This illustration is a screen shot example of the Save As... dialog displayed when saving an item as a Solution.

  4. Click OK.

    The Windows Client saves the view under the object category containing the original view from which the new view was saved. In the following example our Spare Vols view appears under the Spare Volumes for DFSMS SGs source object:

    This illustration is a screen shot example of the Object Tree with the newly added Spare Vols User View.