Sorting and Locking Views

This step demonstrates two BMC AMI Ops facilities to manage data shown in MainView VistaPoint views: sorting and locking. Both facilities can be beneficial when you are faced with transient problems that are not evident because of the sheer amount of data shown in a view.

Sorting allows you to order rows of data shown in VistaPoint tabular and summary views. The first section shows how to sort data shown in specific fields in either ascending or descending order.

The performance values displayed in VistaPoint views are updated at regular, short intervals. View data generally is updated each time you press the Enter key. Sometimes, though, you want a view to continue displaying the same data without it being updated. Locking a view freezes the current data shown in a view and prevents it from being updated. Debugging transient problems that last for only a minute or two is a common situation when you need to keep the same data displayed in a view. The second section demonstrates how to lock view data with several BMC AMI Ops commands.