View Types in Operations Manager
Updated: May 13, 2016
Applies To: System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 - Operations Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 - Operations Manager
Each view type in System Center 2012 – Operations Manager displays a different aspect of monitoring data. Each view type has a different icon as shown in the following image.
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For more information on specific view types, see:
Alert View Type
Event View Type
State View Type
Performance View Type
Diagram View Type
Task Status View Type
Web Page View Type
Overrides Summary View Type
Dashboard View Type
Alert View Type
The alert view displays alerts that meet your specific criteria, such as alert severity, resolution state, or alerts that are assigned to you. For information on creating an alert view, see How to Create an Alert View.
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Event View Type
The event view queries the event logs and displays events that are based on criteria specified in the event view properties. For information on creating an event view, see How to Create an Event View.
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State View Type
The state view displays relationships between components, computers, and computer groups. For information on creating a state view, see How to Create a State View.
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Performance View Type
The performance view allows you to customize how you want to view performance data collected from performance objects and counters. This includes the ability to view historical and current operational data together. You must select Show in the Details pane to display data from a rule in the graph in the Results pane. For information on creating a performance view, see How to Create a Performance View.
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Diagram View Type
The Diagram view displays a graphical view of a set of managed objects and how they relate to one another. For information on creating a diagram view, see How to Create a Diagram View.
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Task Status View Type
The task status view displays tasks that meet criteria specified in the properties, such as only those tasks that apply to certain object types. For information on creating a task status view, see How to Create a Task Status View.
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Note
Users that are members of the Read-only Operator role cannot view or run any tasks. For this reason, no tasks appear in a task status view that is opened by a Read-only Operator.
Web Page View Type
The Web page view displays a Web page in a separate window in the Operations console. For information on creating a Web page view, see How to Create a Web Page View.
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Overrides Summary View Type
You can only create an overrides summary view in My Workspace.
You can view all rule and monitor overrides in the overrides summary view. The overrides summary view can be used for both sealed and unsealed management packs. You can customize this view by grouping items by multiple column headers. For information on creating an overrides summary view, see How to Create an Overrides Summary View.
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Dashboard View Type
The dashboard view allows you to present multiple types of data in a single view.
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When a dashboard view uses data from the data warehouse database, operators might be able to view data that they would not otherwise have access to in views that use data from the operational database. |
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For information on creating a dashboard view, see How to Create a Dashboard View.