Why and how you can create a Monitor
Domains task.
To create a Monitor
Domains task, perform
the following steps. Note: For all the
details about options and fields displayed in the panels, see the online help by clicking the
question mark located at the top-right corner of each panel.
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In the navigation toolbar, click and follow the steps described in Monitoring your items in the plan.
If you are familiar with conman, in the Query text box
specify a query based on the conman showdomains syntax. Alternatively, click
Edit to select the filter criteria from the list of options that is
displayed.
- In the General Filter section, specify
some broad filtering criteria to limit the results retrieved by your query. Here you start refining
the scope of your query by also considering the amount of information you want to retrieve.
Optionally, in some of the results tables in the Periodic Refresh Options section, you can customize
how often to refresh the information by specifying the refresh interval in seconds in hh:mm:ss
format, with a minimum of 30 seconds and a maximum of 7200 seconds. For example, 00:01:10 means 70
seconds. If the value specified is not valid, the last valid value is automatically used. If the
periodic refresh is enabled for a task, when the task runs, the refresh time control options are
shown in the results table. You can also set or change the periodic refresh interval directly in the
results table when the timer is in stop status. In this case, the value specified at task creation
time is temporarily overwritten. You can filter
the task results based on the domain name, or part of name (using
wildcard characters). You can also configure the automatic refresh
of the task results in the table.
- In the Columns Definition section, select the information
you want to display in the table containing the query results. According
to the columns you choose here, the corresponding information is displayed
in the task results table. You can then drill down into this information
displayed in the table and navigate it. In the Columns Definition
panel, not only can you select the columns for this task results,
but you can also specify the columns for secondary queries
on workstations. Starting from the Monitor
Domains task table
of result, you can start further queries on the workstations associated
to one of the domains in the table; the information to be retrieved
with these secondary queries is specified in this panel.
After specifying all the required criteria, you can save your
task or immediately run it to create a list of domains that satisfies
your filtering settings. For details, see Monitoring your items in the plan.
