Creating and managing cell groups

Your access to additional Impact Managers (cells) depends on the access privileges assigned to you by your administrator. You might be able to add cells to your console that are not currently displayed in the navigation pane. You can view the available cells versus the cells already selected for monitoring in the administrator console.

Each cell must belong to a group, so when you add cells to your console, you add them to a group. A group can contain just one cell, or it can contain multiple cells, and you can create as many cell groups as you need. Cell groups enable you to organize cells into manageable units.

By default, two cell groups labeled MyProduction and MyTest are created during the installation process. You can edit and delete these cell groups.

You can create cell groups and name them according to your organizational needs. For example, you can create a cell group for each of the office locations in your enterprise. Also, as your environment changes, you might need to change the names of the cell groups that you create.

To create a new cell group

1. From the menu bar, select Edit > Configure > Administration Settings.
2. In the Configure Administration Settings dialog box, click the Impact Managers tab.
3. In the Group text box, enter a new group name.
4. Click Add.
   The new cell group is added to Selected Impact Managers.
5. Click OK.
   The new cell group is displayed in the navigation pane.

To change a cell group name

1. From the menu bar, select Edit > Configure > Administration Settings.
2. In the Configure Administration Settings dialog box, click the Impact Managers tab.
3. From Selected Impact Managers, select a cell group.
4. In Group, enter a new name for the cell group.
5. Click Edit.
6. In the Change Group Name Configuration dialog box, click Yes to accept the name change.
7. Click OK.

To remove a cell group name

1. In the administrator console, select the Administration > General tab.
2. From the menu bar, select Edit > Configure > Administration Settings.
3. In the Configure Administration Settings dialog box, click the Impact Managers tab.
4. From Selected Impact Managers, select the group that you want to remove.
5. Click Remove.
6. In the Delete Group confirmation dialog box, click Yes to remove the cell group.
7. Click OK.

To add cells to a cell group

1. In the administrator console, select the Administration > General tab.
2. From the menu bar, select Edit > Configure > Administration Settings.
3. In the Configure Administration Settings dialog box, click the Impact Managers tab.
   
   Available Impact Managers lists all BMC Impact Managers (cells) to which you are connected, as shown in the following figure.
   
   Available Impact Managers list for a user account with administrator permissions
   
4. From Available Impact Managers, select the cell that you want to add to the console.

5. From Selected Impact Managers, select the group to which you want to add the cell.

   Tip

   You can select multiple cells at one time, as follows:

   • To select adjacent cells, select the first cell, hold down the Shift key, and select the last cell.
   • To select nonadjacent cells, select a cell, hold down the Ctrl key, and select each of the other cells.

6. Click the right arrow to move the selected cell to the selected Impact Manager group.

   Tip

   You can also select a cell from Available Impact Managers and drag it to the appropriate cell group in Selected Impact Managers.

7. Click OK.
   
   The cell that you added is displayed in its cell group in the navigation pane.