Saving customized views (MainView Explorer)

To save a customized view

1. In the customized view, right-click any column header and select Save customized view or click on the Save customized view toolbar button on the toolbar buttons for views.The Save view definition dialog is displayed as shown in the following figure:
    

   
    

2. Complete the relevant fields for your view based on the descriptions in the following table:

    

   Save view definition field	Description
   View name	Accept the current name or enter a different name (from one to eight characters long). Warning Important Saving your changed view under its original name does not change the view that is distributed with MainView Explorer. However, you can access only the customized version of the view. If you subsequently delete the customized view, the original view is available for access again.
   Description	Enter a description of the view (up to 30 alphanumeric characters) to be displayed in the Product tree.
   Summary view name	(Tabular views only) Specify a summary view (an alternate form for the tabular view).
   Library	Specify where to save the customized view: Select site to save the customized view in the site library (SBBVDEF). Select user to save the view in your user library (BBVDEF). Success Tip You can create a summary view by using the Add to Groupby list, as described in “Adding fields to the Groupby list”.
   Save dynamic fields	(Optional) Clear the Save dynamic fields check box if you do not want to save dynamic fields that are associated with the customized view. This check box is selected by default, which saves the following dynamic fields that BMC AMI Ops data management components create on demand: Interval date Interval time Interval hour SSI target SSI system Saving these fields with a customized view allows them to be included or excluded from the display, or to be used as hyperlinks.
   Make changed thresholds global	(Optional) Select the Make changed thresholds global check box if you changed thresholds in this customized view and want to make them available for all views and users. Leaving this check box cleared (the default) saves the threshold changes only in the BBVDEF library, for use only by the customized view. In contrast, selecting this check box saves the changed thresholds in the PAS parameter library, BBPARM. The same threshold and display attributes that are specified for the changed field will apply to all instances of the same field element in other views. Success Tip If you want to use the same thresholds on multiple PASs, you can copy these members to the PAS parameter libraries, provided the PASs are the same release. Restart each PAS to activate the thresholds. If the PASs are not the same release, you must log onto each PAS and define the thresholds by using the CUSTom command.
   Replace member	(Optional) Clear the Replace member check box if you want to create a new member under which to save your customized view. Leaving the check box selected (the default) replaces the existing member

3. When finished, click Save.