Views

About views

Views provide information about the current status or configuration of ContentDirector components. Within any given view, you can see only those view components to which your user's rights give you access.

There are two types of view:

Tree displays

Topology trees contain icons representing each object in the tree. The icons specify the type of object and its status.

The Sources, Destinations, and Network views are tree views. These consist of the following:

A left panel that displays the topology of the objects referenced by the view.
When you right click a selected object, a menu is displayed through which you can modify or delete the object. Objects that are not configurable do not display a menu.

You can select a specific object within the tree by left clicking it. This determines the content of the right panel
A right panel that displays the detailed information about the specific object selected in the left panel. This includes (among other things) the date and time created or last modified, which reflect when Content Director's auto-discovery process recorded the presence of the component.

When the focus is on a tree display and you click Refresh, the core application polls the devices of the component in question to refresh the topology.

Tables

The Users, Jobs, and Policies views consist of tables. When the focus is on a table and you click Refresh, the core application polls the database to update the table.