Selecting object
In the console objects are selected to be added or assigned through the Object Selection dialog box. This is applicable in all situations where an object can be added to a new relation or can be assigned to another object. Depending on the object location from which it is called it can have three or four of the following tabs represented by icons:
To select an object to add or assign it, select it in one of the tabs and click OK at the bottom of the window. You can also add or assign several objects at the same time by holding the CTRL key while selecting the objects. Multiple object selection, however, is only possible within one tab not across tabs.
Other items that are not database objects and which are displayed in the console window, such as operational rule steps or query criteria, will be added through their own specific dialog boxes, which will be explained in the respective topics.
Hierarchy
The Hierarchy tab displays all existing objects of a type in hierarchical order in tree form, that is, the selectable objects and their parents or children. As you can see in the graphic to the right, the example displays all device groups with their contents, that is, all other device groups and devices the group contains, even though the dialog box is called to assign a device not a device group as you can see from its title.
If this window is called by an administrator without read access on the Device Groups top node, this tab will not be displayed.
All
The All tab of this dialog box appears a flat list of all objects which are selectable. As you can see to the right, the table shows only the list of all devices that exist in the database and no device groups.
Search
The Search tab allows you to search for one or more specific objects in the database, such as devices, device groups or administrators. The Search tab needs the following parameters to be specified for the search:
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Criterion | Select in this list the object attribute on which the search is to be executed, for example, the object name or the object notes, and so on. |
Operator | Select the operator for the search in the second drop-down box. The possible values are: Contains , Ends with , Equal to , Greater than , Greater than or equal , Less than , Less than or equal , Like (SQL) , Not equal to , Not like (SQL) and Starts with . |
Value | Enter the value to search for into this box. Depending on which operator you chose you can also use the following wildcard character in this text box: % to indicate any number and type of character after the already entered characters. You can also leave the text box blank, to return the maximum number of objects matching the operator criterion. |
To execute the defined search click Find 
to the right. The results of the search will be displayed in the lower half of the window in the form of a list.
Topology
The Topology tab displays your whole network, that is, all objects of this type which are in the database. In the example to the right, you can see that it displays all different types of devices that exist, masters, relays and clients.
This tab is only applicable when adding or assigning a device or when an object is assigned to a device.
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