Using tabular view

You can display the details for a resource, resource group or service in a tabular view. For resources, you can also view these details at a selected time in history.

About this task

Tabular view
If you click Tabular view to display a topology in table format, it lists the name, type, resource alerts, tags and business criticality for each resource.
If you use the Incidents panel functionality to sort or filter the incidents, the table is updated to display only the resources affected by the selected incidents.
If you have used the Timeline to select a date in the past for a specific resource before opening the Tabular view, that date is displayed above the table. You can click the date in order to set a new date, or return to the current date.
  • If you return to the current time, the data is refreshed.
  • If you choose to set a new date, the Choose a historical time dialog opens, which lets you select a new moment in time up to the data retention limit set for your system (the default is thirty days in the past); if you then switch back from a tabular to a topology view, the time pin has moved accordingly.
Filter
Dynamically filter the table by typing names, types or tags into the Search field.
Note: Elements that are not displayed when viewing service resources in tabular format, such as relationship types, are not available for filtering.
Share
You can share a link to the service in tabular format with another user.
Additional functionality
You can perform a number of activities from the overflow menu of each displayed item in the table, such as viewing related incidents, comments or more details, showing the item in a map, assigning business criticality, opening it in the topology viewer, or building a template.
Remember: If you are displaying a tabular view at a historical point in time, any resource details you access will be from that moment.

Procedure

  1. Click Resource details on the overflow menu.
    Note: The resource details accessed via a tabular view differ from the resource details accessed from the Resource management page.
    The Resource details page has a number of tabs.
    Properties tab
    Displays a window that shows all the current stored properties for the specified resource in tabular and JSON format.
    If a property has been excluded from view by an administrator, it is only visible in JSON format.
    The resource name is an active link that opens a topology view of the resource in context.
    Toggle the Show JSON switch On or Off to display the properties in JSON format.
    Data origin tab
    Displays the point of origin of the resource data, such as a specific observer job.
    If you have the appropriate user permission, such as the administrator role, the observer job name is an active link, which opens the observer job page from where you can re-run the job, view its history, or edit the job.
    Related applications
    Displays all related applications as active links, which open the service topologies in new windows.
    Also lists the group type, number of groups, status, and tags.
    Related resource groups
    Displays all related resource groups as active links, which open the resource group topologies in new windows.
    Also lists the resource type, number of resources, status, and tags.
    Neighbor resources
    Displays all neighboring resources in a table.
    Click a resource name to open the details page for the resource.
  2. Click Comments on the overflow menu to access the commenting functionality.
    Comments
    When selected, this displays any comments recorded against the resource.
    By default, resource comments are displayed by date in ascending order. You can sort them in the following way:
    • Oldest first
    • Newest first
    • User ID (A to Z)
    • User ID (Z to A)
    Users with the inasm_operator role can view comments, but not add any. Users with inasm_editor or inasm_admin roles can also add new comments. See the Configuring DASH user roles topic for more information on assigning user roles.
    To add a new comment, enter text into the New comment field, and then click Add comment to save.
  3. Click Build a template on the overflow menu to access the template builder.
    Build a template
    Opens the Create a new template dialog, from where you can create a new resource group template.
  4. Click Open in Topology viewer on the overflow menu to open a resource as a topology view.
    From here, you can drill into individual resource details and status, enable a timeline to view changes over time, and more. You can also use this view to triage issues. See Viewing a topology for more details.
Troubleshooting: When moving between a tabular and a graphical view several times while also using the timeline toggle, the display may freeze. To avoid this issue, do not disable the timeline while using historic mode in the tabular view. If the issue does occur, refresh the page to reset.