The Tivoli Enterprise Portal has over a dozen types of
views that you can populate a workspace with. Over half of the views
are query-based and have a number of embellishments that you can use
to observe potential and existing threshold conditions and other metrics.
Workspace changes
You can make these types
of changes to a workspace:
- Split a view horizontally or vertically into two separate views.
- Change the dimensions of the views by dragging the borders between
them.
- Rearrange views by clicking a view's title bar and dragging it
another view space. When you release the mouse button, the views switch
position.
- Maximize the view and, if you like, save the workspace while it
is still full-screen.
- Change a view to a different type, such as from a pie chart to
a gauge.
- Edit the workspace properties,
such as to make it the default workspace.
- Edit the properties
of the individual views to control their styles and, in table and
chart views, what data they display.
- Build a link to another workspace so that you can jump to it from
this one quickly.
- Save a copy of the current workspace and edit the copy.
Any changes you make to a workspace are available only to
you; no one else will see your changes. The exception is with workspaces
that were updated by an administrator while in workspace administration
mode, where the changes to that workspace are shared with all users
who log on to the same portal server.
Predefined workspaces
are protected from editing. You must use File > Save As to
create your own copy for customization.
Design
guidelines
These are the changes you can make to a workspace
that are saved with it:
- Display a view full screen.
- Resize views by dragging the borders.
- Swap location with another view by dragging by its title bar to
the new position.
- Workspace link definitions.
- Arrange the order of workspaces in the workspace gallery. This
gets saved with all workspaces for a Navigator item.
Here are some guidelines to help you plan workspaces:
- Tailor the content of a workspace to the Navigator level: Workspaces
at the top of the hierarchy can show summary information; those at
lower levels can provide more in-depth information.
- Provide summary information at the agent level of the Navigator
Physical view.
- Use custom queries that pre-filter the data used in a table or
chart to ensure fastest data retrieval and that you see no extraneous
data. And use as few different queries as possible in one workspace.
- Design for a specific monitor resolution. If you are creating
in workspace administration mode for multiple users, use 1024 x 768,
which is the lowest resolution on which the Tivoli Enterprise Portal
can run.
- Do not crowd too much information in one workspace. Instead, have
multiple workspaces at one level or links from one workspace to the
next.
- For table views with many columns, arrange them so the important
ones are visible. Consider removing some columns by pre-filtering
(Properties - Query) or post-filtering (Properties - Filters).
- Consider combining tables with charts in a workspace for the most
effective style layout.
Tips
- If you edit a predefined workspace or one created in administration
mode, you can restore the original through File > Restore Original
Workspace. The customized version is overwritten by the original.
If you want to keep both the customized workspace and the original,
save the customized workspace with a new name before restoring the
original.
- The managed systems available for reporting are those assigned
to the Navigator item. If you are not sure which are assigned, select
the Navigator item, right-click the item, and click Properties.
- The CLI has several tacmds specific to workspaces:
- deleteWorkspace to delete a workspace by its objectid
from the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server
- listWorkspaces to list all of the workspaces, including
objectid, on the portal server
- exportWorkspaces to export one or more portal workspace
definitions to a file
- importWorkspaces to import the workspaces definitions
in a file into the portal server
Workspace Author Mode permission
Your user
ID requires Workspace Author Mode permission to create and maintain
workspaces, including links. If the main toolbar is disabled (except
Refresh, Back, Forward and Stop), as well as the split and remove
buttons on the view title bar, you do not have this permission.