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Create a View Using the View Editor

In Monitoring, you can create a view using the form-based View Editor.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Add.

   The View Editor dialog opens.

2. Do the following steps in the View section:
   1. Enter a name for the view in the View Name field.
   2. Select the appropriate columns and the order in which to display them from the Job Columns selection pane.
   3. Select the appropriate columns and the order in which to display them from the Alert Columns selection pane.
   4. (Optional) Enter a description in the Description field.

   Note: View names can contain up to 80 characters; valid characters are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, underscore (_), and hyphen (-). View names with embedded spaces must be enclosed in single quotes. View names cannot include any of the following: #, $, %, *, ., ?, or @.

3. Click Add Filter in the navigation pane in the Filter section.

   The Create Filter section expands to display the necessary fields.

   Notes:

   • To create a usable view, at least one filter must be defined.
   • You can only have one active filter per server. Use the Active field to indicate which filters you want to be active at one time.
4. Select the server for the view from the Server drop-down list.
5. (Optional) Select the alert policy to attach to the view from the Alert Policy drop-down list.
6. Do one of the following:
   • Select the Text control option and enter the filter definition in the Job Filter field.
   • Select the Interactive control option to define the filter definition using the Add Filter Expression table, and then do the following:
     1. Click Add Filter Expression.
     2. Select the appropriate value in the Attribute field. The following options are available: job_name, owner, job_type, application, group, box, box_name, timezone, status, started_in_past, system, run_machine, and machine.
     3. Select the appropriate value in the Operator field. The following options are available: =, !=, LIKE and NOT_LIKE.
     4. Enter the appropriate criteria in the Value field.
     5. (Optional) Select AND or OR from the Logic drop-down list to create a complex filter definition and enter additional filter criteria in the appropriate fields.
     6. Click Save Expression.

     The filter is added to the Job Filter field.

     Note: When adding a complex filter using the interactive method, you must enter the parentheses manually. For example, you can enter the filter (job_name like JOB*) AND ((application like APP*) OR (group like GRP*)). This filter specifies to include all jobs beginning with JOB that are included in either the applications beginning with APP or the groups beginning with GRP.

7. Click Save Filter.

   The filter is added to the Filter section.

8. (Optional) Repeat steps 3-7 to add additional filters.
9. Click Save.

   The view is created.

More information:

Create a View Using VMC

Views

View Editor

Assign an Alert Policy to a View Using the View Editor

View Attributes

How to Create and Monitor a Custom View