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48 Working with Categories and Views
Opening Saved Views
1 Select the View menu, then select Open .
The Open View procedure can also be initiated by selecting the Open View toolbar button.
2 If you already have an open view, you are prompted to confirm closing it.
If you have unsaved changes in your current view, you are prompted to save it.
Select Yes to save the current view. The view is saved. All SAN components disappear from the
navigation panel display. The Open View dialog box is displayed.
3 If you did not select Cancel, the Open View dialog box is displayed.
Select the name of the portal that contains the saved view that you want to open. Then select Next .
A list of the saved views associated with the chosen portal are displayed in the dialog box.
4 To open a view, select its name, and then select Finish .
If the view you want is not in the portal you have selected, select Back and then repeat Step 3 .
Once you have selected the view you want to use, the window refreshes. The new view is displayed.
Refer to Working with Categories and Views on page 43.
Creating Views
Create the appropriate portal before creating a view. Refer to Working with Portals on page 39.
A view is meant to be a logical representation of the physical SAN. You may want to categorize the portal
before you save the view.
Refer to Working With Category Components on page 45.
1 Log in as the SAN administrator, portal administrator, or power user.
2 Select the View menu, then select New .
You are prompted to save any changes you have made to the current view and to close it before you
create a new one.
The Create a View dialog box is displayed.
3 Enter a name for the view.
4 Select the portal that will be associated with the view.
OK is now available.
All portals that are available to the user for whom the view is being created are displayed.
For more about portals, refer to Working with Portals on page 39.
5 Click OK .