Toolbar buttons for views
In the view frame, each tabbed page contains a row of buttons that perform functions on the currently displayed view.
The toolbar buttons that are displayed for a particular view depend on the type of view. For example, the Chart button is not displayed on chart views or any view that does not support charts (such as the Plex Map or Alerts view). On the other hand, chart views support additional toolbar buttons that other view types do not.
You can place the mouse pointer over any button in the toolbar to display a brief description of that button. Following table further explains the purpose of each toolbar button
Icon | Function | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Refresh | Refreshes the data that is displayed in the current view by retrieving new data from the host Refreshing a view or any alternate form of the view (such as a chart or detail view) automatically refreshes all forms of the view. If you select the Publish view data |
| Synchronize | Locates and highlights the current view in the Product tree If you opened the view by selecting a configuration before setting the context , the context is set and the view is located in the Product tree. |
| Properties | Opens the Properties dialog for the current view From the Properties dialog, you can change characteristics such as the font, color, refresh rate, chart type, filters, time frames, and items that are displayed in the view. |
| Opens the Print dialog to send the current view or chart to a printer The image expands to fit a printed page in portrait or landscape mode. | |
| Detach this view | Detaches the current view from the view frame and creates a separate window You can move and size the detached window independently of the MainView Explorer window. A detached window closes when you exit MainView Explorer. In a detached window, the Attach button reattaches the window as a tabbed page in the view frame. |
| Help | Displays online Help for the current view |
| Copy data to clipboard | Copies the data from the view to the clipboard in tab-separated format. From the clipboard, you can paste the data into a word processor or spreadsheet application. |
| Previous time interval | Displays data from the previous recorded time interval |
| Reset time to current | Display data for the current interval |
| Next time interval | Displays data from the next recorded time interval |
| Save customized view | Saves the customized view definition without closing the view |
| Chart | Displays a chart of the current view data |
| Create topology map | Displays a topology chart of the current view data |
| Auto-refresh | Starts or stops an automatic data refresh cycle for the view When you select Auto-refresh, the button color changes from red to green and the tooltip displays the refresh rate. If an auto-refresh rate was not previously set, a default rate of 15 seconds is used. To stop the automatic data refresh cycle, click Auto-refresh again. |
| Export view data | Creates three files in the export directory:
You may change the name to be used for these files in the export dialog. All the fields in the view (even excluded fields) are exported to the two data files. After the view data is exported, the .csv file can be opened in a spreadsheet application and the .1 file can be imported into MainView Explorer or the MainView Explorer Viewer. |
| Publish view images | Opens the Choose a directory dialog, which lets you select the local directory to which you want to publish the view data When you select Publish view data, a JPEG of the view and its chart (if one is open) are written to a file along with an HTML file. You can display the view and its chart in a web browser by double- clicking the HTML file. |
| Show excluded fields | Displays fields (or columns) that are defined in the view definition as being excluded Some view fields might be defined in the host view definition as excluded fields. By default, data for these fields is retrieved from the host but is not displayed in the view. The column header for excluded fields appears in a lighter shade. |
| Enable selections | Enables the selection of multiple rows of data by using the Ctrl or Shift key and the left mouse button After you select rows of data, you can:
To disable the selection of multiple rows, click Enable selections again. |
| Close | Closes the current view and removes it from the view frame When you close a primary view, any alternate forms of the view (such as a chart or detail view) are also closed. |
button, an updated picture of the view and any associated chart is written to the specified file.
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