Specify console preferences

Use this topic to customize how much data displays on an administrative console panel.

Throughout the administrative console are pages that have Preferences fields, Scope fields, and Filter radio buttons. By selecting these fields and radio buttons we can customize how much data is shown.

For example, examine the Preferences field for the Administrative authorization groups page:

Tasks

1. Go to the navigation tree of the administrative console and click Security > Administrative authorization groups.

2. Expand Preferences.

3. For the Maximum rows field, specify the maximum number of rows to display when the collection is large. The default is 20. Rows that exceed the maximum number display on subsequent pages.

4. Select Retain filter criteria to retain the last filter criteria that is entered in the filter function. When we return to the Applications page, the page initially uses the retained filter criteria to display the collection of applications in the table following the preferences. Otherwise, clear Retain filter criteria and the last filter criteria is not retained.

5. Click Apply to apply your selections or click Reset to return to the default values. The default is not to enable (not have a check mark) Retain filter criteria.

Other pages have similar fields and radio buttons we can use to specify console preferences. While Preferences fields, Scope fields, and Filter buttons control how much data is shown in the console, the Preferences option controls general behavior of the console. Click System Administration > Console preferences to view the Preferences page.

Subtopics

• Console preferences settings
  Use the Console Preferences page to specify how we want features of the administrative console workspace to behave.
• Bidirectional support options
  Use the Bidirectional support options page to specify bidirectional (Bidi) text preferences for the administrative console.
• Administrative console preference settings
  Use the preference settings to specify how we want information to display on an administrative console panel. The preference settings vary from one administrative console panel to another.
• Administrative console scope settings
  Specify the level at which a resource is visible on the administrative console page. By changing the value for Scope, we see only the resources defined at that scope. The contents of the collection table might change. A resource can be visible in the administrative console collection table at the cell, node, or server scope. For multiple-server products, a resource also can be visible at the cluster scope.