Object Manager

Filter Object List

When you access the Object Manager from the navigation bar the Filter Options pop-up appears to enable you to define which objects appear in the list.

When you access the Object Manager from the Device Manager the list is filtered to display the visible, enabled, existing objects that the enabled plugins discover on the one device for which you access the Object Manager.

Filters enable you to display a specific set of objects. Click Set Filter of Filter Applied to display the Filter Options pop-up. Filters are optional and cumulative.

• Click the *Peer drop-down and select the peers to display objects specific peers poll.

• Click the Device Group drop-down and select the check box for each device group/device type whose objects are to display. If you select multiple device groups, select one of the following options.

  • Select Members of Any to display objects as an OR operator, (e.g., display objects for devices that are either in Group 1 OR in Group 2 OR in Group 3).

  • Select Members of All to display objects as an AND operator, (e.g., display objects for devices that are in all groups you select; in Group 1 AND in Group 2 AND in Group 3).

• Click the Device drop-down and select the devices whose objects are to display.

• Click the Plugin drop-down and select the plugins to display the objects polled by specific plugins.

• Click the Object Group drop-down and select the object groups whose objects are to display.

• Click the Object Type drop-down and select the check box for each object type to display objects for specific object types.

• Click the *Object Visibility drop-down and select Show Only Visible, Show Only Hidden, or Show Both to display applicable hidden objects.

• Click the Object Status drop-down and select Show Only Enabled, Show Only Disabled, or Show Both to display applicable active objects.

• Click the *Object State drop-down and select Show Only Existing, Show Only Deleted, or Show Both to display objects that are marked for deletion.

* Default settings do not display the Peer, System Description, Visible, and Deleted columns in the list. To display these columns, hover the cursor over a column header to display a . Click , select Columns, and then select the check box for each column to display in the list.

Manage Objects

When you enable or disable polling of an object on the Object Manager you override the settings for the object's object types and you override the object rules you define on the Object Rules page. In other words, when you manually enable an object, the only way to disable the object is to manually mark it to accept the auto settings or to manually mark it disabled.

– Select the check box for each object to manage, click , and select from the following options.

• Select Set Visibility, and then select Visible or select Hidden. The following appears when you include the Visible column in the list.

  • - The object is visible. You can include poll data from visible objects in reports.

  • - The object is hidden. You need to apply a filter to display hidden objects. Poll data from hidden objects does not appear in reports. Polling continues for enabled hidden objects. Hidden objects can trigger alerts.

• Select Set Status, and then select Auto, Enabled, or Disabled. The following appears in the Enabled column.

  • (Auto-on) - The object is polled based on the Object Types page and the Object Rules page settings.

  • - You used the Object Manager to enable the object to be polled.

  • (Auto-off) - The object is not polled based on the Object Types page and the Object Rules page settings. You need to apply a filter to display disabled objects.

  • - You used the Object Manager to disable polling of the object.

• Select Deletion and then select Mark for Deletion or select Unmark for Deletion. When you select Mark for Deletion, the object and all associated data is deleted at the next discovery. If you do not disable the object's object type on the Object Types page or you do not disable the object via an object rule, discovery finds the object and creates a new object with the same name and no poll data. This enables you to purge the data for objects. The following appears when you include the Deleted column.

  • - The object is marked for deletion. You need to apply a filter to display deleted objects. Polling continues for an object marked for deletion until the next discovery.

  • - The object is not marked for deletion.

• Select one check box, select Reports to display a link to the Device Summary and links to the report templates that are applicable for the device.

• Select one check box, select Object Summary to display a link to the Object Summary and links to the report templates that are applicable for the object.

• Select Edit Metadata to display the Edit Metadata pop-up that enables you to manage values for the metadata attributes you want to associate with the object. See the Manage Metadata Values section below.

• Select one check box, select Edit Object to display the Object Editor pop-up that enables you to edit the object. See the Edit Objects section below.

• Select one check box, select Edit Indicators to display the Indicator Editor pop-up that enables you to edit the object's indicators. See the Edit Indicators section below.

Click on a device name in the Device column to display the Device Summary.

Click on an object name in the Object column to display the Object Summary.