Sort By Column Heading And Change Column Width; Show, Hide, And Move Columns In The Instance View; Create Or Delete Custom Columns In The Instance View - VMware ACE Management Server Administrator's Manual

ACE Management Server Administrator's Manual

Sort by Column Heading and Change Column Width

You can reorder the instances in the table alphabetically or numerically, depending on the selected column's
contents, in ascending or descending order.
To sort by column heading and change column width
1 Click the column heading of the column to sort.
Click again to re‐sort in the opposite (ascending or descending) order.
2 To change column widths, click a column divider and drag it to a new width.

Show, Hide, and Move Columns in the Instance View

Although you can sort and resize columns in either the VMware ACE Help Desk or the Workstation instance
view, you can show, hide, and move columns only in the Workstation instance view.
Column changes for one server do not affect other servers.
To show, hide, and move columns in the instance view
1 In Workstation, connect to the ACE Management Server and log in.
See "Use the Instance View in Workstation" on page 46.
2 To show or hide a column, right‐click the column heading row and select or deselect the column to show
or hide.
If you show a column that was previously hidden, the column is added to the right side of the table.
3 To move a column, click the column header, drag the column to a new location, and release the mouse
button.

Create or Delete Custom Columns in the Instance View

Custom columns enable you to add categories of information about the instances that an ACE Management
Server manages. For example, you can add a Help Ticket column to record the ID associated with end users'
support requests.
You can create custom columns only in the Workstation instance view. In the instance view table, you can add,
delete, and rename up to nine custom columns.
To create or delete custom columns in instance view
1 In Workstation, connect to the ACE Management Server and log in.
See "Use the Instance View in Workstation" on page 46.
2 Right‐click the column heading row and choose Add Custom Column.
3 Type a name for the new column in the Name text box and click OK.
4 To change the name of or delete a custom column, right‐click the custom column header and choose a
command from the context menu.
After you create a custom column, use the Instance Details page for each ACE instance to add information to
display. See "Add Information for Custom Columns" on page 50.
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