Controlling the Display of Table Information

Tables display data in a tabular format. You can use the following objects to control the display of data on a page.

Control/Indicator
Description

Screen capture of the Filter drop-down menu.

Enables you to display only the information that interests you.
When filtering tables, follow these guidelines:
  • A filter must have at least one defined criterion.
  • A filter applies to the current server only. You cannot apply a filter to tables across multiple servers.
To filter a table, choose the filter criterion you want from the table's Filter drop-down menu.

Screen capture of the Filter button on the Events page.

Events page only. Enables you to filter event properties that are displayed in the Events table. You can filter by agent host, category, severity, events, or event type. You can also specify whether the display is to include aggregated events and indicates the number of Kbytes that you want read from the events log file.

Screen capture of the Scroll Through Data and the Page Through Data icons.

Enable you to toggle between displaying all rows and displaying 15 or 25 rows one page at a time. When the top icon is displayed on a table, click the icon to page through all data in the table. When the bottom icon is displayed in a table, click the icon to page through 15 or 25 rows of data.

Screen capture of the Select All icon and the Deselect All icon.

Enable you to select or deselect all of the check boxes in the table. Use the icon on the left to select all of the check boxes on the current page. Use the icon on the right to clear all of the check boxes on the current page.

Screen capture of the ascending column sort icon.

Indicates that the column in the table is sorted in ascending order. The ascending sort order is by number (0-9), by uppercase letter (A-Z), and then by lowercase letter (a-z).
Click this icon to change the sort order of the column to descending.
A closed icon indicates the column by which the table is currently sorted.

Screen capture of the descending column sort icon.

Indicates that the column in the table is sorted in descending order. The descending sort order is by lowercase letter (z-a), by uppercase letter (Z-A), and then by number (9-0).
Click this icon to change the sort order of the column to ascending.
A closed icon indicates the column by which the table is currently sorted.

Screen capture of the Advanced Sort button on the Alarm Summary page.

Alarm Summary page only. Enables you to perform a sort of display information on up to three columns. For example, you can sort the current alarms by date, by severity, and then by type. A closed arrow indicates the column by which the table is sorted.

Screen capture of the Previous and First table icons.

Enables you to select the entries that you want to display. Click the button on the left to display the first 25 table entries. Click the button on the right to display the previous 25 table entries.

Screen capture of the Next and Last table icons.

Click the button on the left to display the next 15 or 25 table entries. Click the button on the right to display the last 15 or 25 table entries.

Screen capture of the Page Through table navigation icons.

Indicates how many pages are in the table, and displays the page you are currently viewing. To view a different page, type the page number in the Page field and click Go.

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