Hierarchy toolbar to organize your data
Use the toolbar to organize the view of your collected inventory. You can customize the view using the provided default categories or create custom attributes to organize your data. Once set, these organizational categories will display only the reports relevant to your Inventory selection.
For example, if you choose to organize by Host Groups, once you select a group, your collected data center inventory is displayed and only the reports relevant to the selected Host Group are displayed.
The toolbar includes:
Default Hierarchy - Lists the inventory object type as the first-level category and vendor subsystem as the second. For example, Hosts is the top category and EMC Symmetrix would be the second-level category.
Location - Assigns a two-level selection for the location attribute, Location and Inventory Object Type. Working with this attribute, you can organize the view into your data center by location.
Note:
You must still create values and assign them to your inventory objects
(See Assign attributes in the inventory list view.)
Values do not display until this step has occurred.
Host Groups - Organize your data by Host Groups. Host groups can be nested within other host groups, thereby organizing hosts into sub-groups. In addition, a host can appear in multiple host groups so that it can be included in reports for the different groups. Refer to
for complete information about Host Groups and their usage.
Refresh - When additions or deletions occur in the , the Hierarchy Panel does not automatically reflect the update. These can be changes made by you or someone in your host group. The icon displays a numeric badge to indicate changes have been detected. You can roll your cursor over the badge to see what's changed.
Configure - Set the hierarchy manually using any of the defaults or create a custom organization with your own multi-level organization. You can define up to three levels using the Hierarchy Panel.
Predefined organization settings include, object type and subsystem vendor, location and object type, domains, cloud, and host groups. Configure also allows you to set the object display in the . Settings enable you to pick and choose which objects to show in the . You can also choose to hide decommissioned hosts.