Symantec ALTIRIS CMDB SOLUTION 7.0 - V1.0 Manual page 14

14 Introducing CMDB Solution
About CMDB Solution 7.0 new features
CMDB Solution 7.0 new and improved features
Table 1-2
New and improved Description
feature
Improved user The improved UI includes the following elements:
interface
You can customize several console elements, such as portal pages,
Web parts, views, menus, and context menus (right-click menus).
Portal pages and Web Portal pages display a collection of different pieces of information
parts that are contained in Web parts. Web parts are the building blocks
for portal pages. A Web part can display a report or the contents of
a Web page. The console provides a set of predefined Web parts
that you can use to build your portal pages. You can modify Web
parts and create new ones. By creating portal pages, you can
customize the user interface for your specific job function.
Role-specific views You can choose to show or hide menu items depending on a user's
security role. For example, you can give a user access to the Reports
menu but not to the Manage menu. You can also add menus and
customize sub-menus.
Inherited Resources in the CMDB Solution 7.0 now obtain their permissions
permissions and from the organizational group and views to which they belong. An
organizational views organizational view is a self-contained hierarchy of organizational
groups that contain resources. Organization views simplify
administration of Symantec Management Platform, so their
structure should reflect how you administer Notification Server .If
you manage resource by geographical regions, you could set up
organizational views according to geography. For example, World
> Americas > North America > Regions > Region West > California
> Los Angeles.
If you manage resources along functional lines, you could set up
organization views according to function, such as Sales, Marketing,
and R&D. You can set up multiple organizational views to have
multiple ways to organize resources.
Menu bar -- lets you manage the Symantec Management
Platform and installed solutions. It also lets you search for items,
such as computers, users, and reports.
Breadcrumb bar -- displays the path you used to navigate to the
current location.
Left pane -- provides a tree view of items that can be selected
and expanded. Right-clicking provides additional functionality,
such as creating a new asset.
Right pane -- displays the content that is associated with items
selected in the left pane.