Setting AEL widget preferences

To customize the appearance and setup of the AEL widget, edit the preferences of the widget.

1. Open an AEL widget.
2. Edit your widget preferences, or, as an administrator, edit the widget defaults:
   • To edit your widget preferences, click Page Actions > Personalize Page > Widget > Personalize.
   • To edit the widget defaults of all users, click Page Actions > Edit Page > Widget > Edit.
   Note: The Widget button is enabled after a widget is selected. If Event Viewer is the only widget on the page, you can select the widget by clicking the thin cyan line between the widget pallet and the Event Viewer widget.
3. In the General Settings and the Appearance of the AEL area, set the following widget properties:

   Filter

   Select a predefined filter from this list.

   Filter SQL

   Type the SQL syntax that is used to create a transient filter. When the filter string is applied to an AEL, only the rows that meet the criteria set by the filter are displayed. If any value is typed in this field, the Filter list is disabled.

   View

   Select the view that is applied to the AEL. When a view is applied to an AEL, only the columns that are specified by the view are displayed. The view selected from the list overrides the default view that is assigned to a filter selected from the Filter list.

   Transient filter name

   Type the name to assign to the transient filter generated by the SQL expression in the Filter SQL field. This name is displayed as the title for the associated AEL. If any value is typed in this field, the Filter list is disabled.

   Event list single-click action

   Select the action to perform when you click an event in the event list once. You can select default actions, such as opening the information window for the selected event, or you can select tools to be run on event data. You can create tools in the Tool Creation editor.

   Event list double-click action

   Select the action to perform when you double-click an event in the event list. You can select default actions, such as opening the information window for the selected event, or you can select tools to be run on event data. You can create tools in the Tool Creation editor.

   Data Sources

   Select one or more data sources from which the event data is retrieved.

   Portlet Title

   Type the label to be displayed at the top of the AEL widget.

   Use Customizer

   Select this check box to use drag and drop to control the height of the AEL applet on a page that contains multiple widgets. If you clear this check box, use the Height field to specify an alternative height, in pixels.

   Height

   Set the height of the widget frame in pixels.

   Title Bar

   Select this check box to display the title bar.

   Menu Bar

   Select this check box to display the menu bar.

   Tool Bar

   Select this check box to display the tool bar.

   Filters and Views

   Select this check box to display the Edit Filters button and the list of available filters, and the Edit Views button and the list of available views on the tool bar.

   Summary Bar

   Select this check box to display the summary bar.

   Status Bar

   Select this check box to display the status bar.

4. In the Appearance of the AEL area, select the check box for the bars you want to be displayed in the AEL widget, and clear the check box for the bars you do not want to be displayed.
5. In the BiDi Settings tab, specify the settings for the display of bidirectional text:

   Component direction

   Select the arrangement of items in the widget, left-to-right, or right-to-left. The default setting uses the value that is defined for the page or the console. If the page and console both use the default setting, the locale of your browser determines the layout.

   Text direction

   Select the direction of text on the widget. The default settings use the value that is defined for the page or the console. If the page and console both use the default setting, the locale of your browser determines the text direction. The Contextual Input setting displays text that you enter in the appropriate direction for your globalization settings.

   Any change that you make to these settings is effective only if you enabled bidirectional support in your user preferences. Changes come into effect the next time you use the widget.

6. Click Save to save and apply your settings to the widget.