Propagate Selections to Other Panes

 

Set How Selections Propagate to Other Panes

You can set whether the Primary and Contextual panes will automatically refresh whenever you make a selection in System Browser.

  • To disable automatic propagation, select the Manual navigation check box.
  • The next time you click an object in the tree, the Primary and Contextual panes will not be automatically updated, and you will have to do this manually. See Manually Propagate a Selection to Other Panes, below.
  • To enable automatic propagation, deselect the Manual navigation check box.
  • The next time you select an object in the tree, the Primary and Contextual panes will automatically refresh to reflect the new selection.

Manually Propagate a Selection to Other Panes

  • You made a selection in System Browser with Manual navigation checked, so that the Primary and Contextual panes were not automatically refreshed. You now want to manually propagate this selection.
  • To propagate this selection to the Primary and Contextual panes, do one of the following in System Browser:
  • Click the Send button.
  • Right-click the selection in the tree, and select Send to the Primary Pane.
  • (Only for an individual object) Double-click the object.
  • The Primary and Contextual panes of System Manager update with content relevant to the selected objects.
  • To propagate this selection to the Secondary pane, do the following:
    a. In the System Manager header, check that the current pane layout includes the Secondary pane: or .
    b. In the Primary pane header, check that the pushpin icon is in the unlocked position , so that opening of the Secondary pane is allowed.
    c. In System Browser, right-click the selection in the tree, and select Send to the Secondary Pane.

Send a Selection to the Secondary Pane

You can work with a system object in the Secondary pane so that the current contents of the Primary and Contextual panes will not be changed.

  1. In the System Manager window header, check that the current pane layout includes the Secondary pane: or .
  1. In the Primary pane header, check that the pushpin icon is in the unlocked position , so that opening of the Secondary pane is allowed.
  1. In System Browser, navigate to the object that you want to work with.
    NOTE: Select the Manual navigation check box if you do not want the Primary and Contextual panes to refresh while you are doing this.
  1. Right-click the object in the tree and select Send to the Secondary Pane.
  • The content pertaining to the selected object displays only in the Secondary pane, whereas the content of the Primary and Contextual panes is not changed.