In views defined for collection pages
You can display outstanding alert details in views defined for a collections page.
Resources with alerts viewlet
Among other activities, collections allow you to define the Resources with alerts standard viewlet; it displays a list of resources in a collection that currently have one or more outstanding alerts.
Figure 2–8 shows an example of the Resource with alerts viewlet.
Figure 2–8: Resource with alerts viewlet sample
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For each resource defined as a collection member in a specific collection view, this viewlet displays an alert icon to indicate the alert's severity (if multiple alerts exist for a single resource, the worst severity is shown).
To display more specific details about a resource, select the individual resource link to display the resource's monitoring plan. Note the Customize Viewlet icon that appears in the upper right corner of Figure 2–8; it allows you to modify the criteria associated with this viewlet. For details about how to change this criteria, see the "Customizing alert details" section.
Collection members viewlet
The Collection members viewlet is also a standard viewlet you can define. Figure 2–9 shows a Collection members viewlet.
Figure 2–9: Collection members viewlet sample
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For each resource defined as a collection member in a specific collection view, this viewlet can display an alert icon to indicate an alert exists and to identify the alert's severity (if multiple alerts exist for a single resource, the worst severity is shown). To display more specific details about a resource, select the individual resource link to display the resource's monitoring plan.
Alert severity legend viewlet
You can display the Alert severity legend on any collection view. This legend identifies the severity level identified what each alert icon.
Figure 2–10 shows a sample customized view of a My Collections page that includes these standard viewlets: Collection members, Alerts severity, and Resources with alerts.
Figure 2–10: A customized view of a My Collections page
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For more information about defining the content and layout of customized views, see the appropriate sections in the Resource Monitoring Guide.
Customizing alert details
Collections support different options from which you can tailor the alert details that display on a collections page. From the options available on the Customize Viewlet page, you can modify what appears in the Resource with alerts viewlet that displays on a main collections page.
To customize alert and resource details to display on a collections page:
- Click the Customize Viewlet icon that appears in the upper-right corner of Resources with alerts standard viewlet. The Customize Viewlet page appears:
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- Select an option in the Resources with alerts to show section:
- All resources in project — Defines all resources in Fathom whether a resource is in a collection or not.
- All resources in collection — Limits resource inclusion to those resources defined for a specific collection.
- All resources in collection and its descendants — Identifies resources in a collection and resources defined in sub-collections associated with the collection.
- Select a maximum of three options in the Fields to display section. By default, all three options are selected. To deselect any option, click the checkmark.
Any changes you make to Resources with alerts to show and Fields to display settings display in the Resources with alerts viewlet the next time you display the collections page.- Click Save.
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