Object Inspector

Overview Copied

The Object Inspector dockable displays the style and properties of the selected shapes, and dataset of the charts when an object from the Active Dashboard is selected.

Beginning Geneos 5.8.x, the undo and redo key functions, CTRL + Z and CTRL + Y, are supported in Active Console and Gateway Setup Editor for the following: text fields, multiline texts, and editable drop-down fields. To open the Object Inspector dockable:

1. Go to View > Active Dashboards in the Active Console.
2. Click Show Object Inspector .

You can still edit the object’s attributes through its Properties dialog. For more information, see Configure basic shape properties.

Use Object Inspector with no object selected Copied

When there is no object selected, you can use the Object Inspector dockable to modify the style and properties of the Active Dashboard canvas.

The Style tab has the following options:

The Properties tab allows you to modify these settings:

Configure objects using the Object Inspector dockable Copied

When you select an object, the Object Inspector dockable shows the Style tab of the selected object. This tab contains the appearance and text layout settings for the applicable objects. Modifying the object’s properties on the Style tab applies the changes in real-time.

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Selecting multiple objects simultaneously might disable the other options you can modify on the Style tab of the Object Inspector dockable. The settings that are available vary depending on the selected object.

The Style tab of the selected object allows you to modify these settings:

For more information on the dashboard object properties dialog, see Configure basic shape properties.

To add or edit a modifier and link using the Object Inspector:

1. Go to View > Active Dashboards in the Active Console.
2. Select any object from the Active Dashboard Palette screen.
3. Drag and drop the selected object into the Active Dashboard canvas. Selecting the object enables the Modifiers and Links section in the Object Inspector dockable making the Add and Delete buttons become clickable.
4. Edit the Modifiers and Links sections on the Properties tab.
5. Press Enter to save the changes.

Modify object properties Copied

Selecting multiple objects simultaneously may disable the other options that you can modify on the Properties tab of the Object Inspector dockable.

The Tooltip, Atomic Group, and Move to front on selection options only apply to some objects.

Configure numeric fields Copied

The fields that require a numerical value on the Properties tab do not accept an empty value. If you configure these fields and leave them empty, the Object Inspector automatically generates a value that depends on how you delete the initial value. The value will only change after you click outside of the Properties tab.

The screenshot below shows some properties of a Line Chart. The fields that require a numerical value are Axis Font Size, Axis Height, Axis Width, and Max Labels.

In this example, you want to configure the Axis Height field which has a value of 60.00:

• If you put your text cursor at the start of the value, before |60.00 as shown in the screenshot, and you press forward Delete to delete the text before the text cursor, then this converts the value to 0.00 after clicking outside of the Properties tab.

• If you put your text cursor at the end of the value, after 60.00| as shown in the screenshot below, and you press Backspace to delete the text to the left of the text cursor, then this converts the value to 6.00 after clicking outside of the Properties tab.

This behaviour is important for you to consider when configuring any properties of an object with numeric fields.

Configure the dataset of the object Copied

Beginning Active Console 5.5.x, the Managed Entity display name is used in the user readable path. This also reflects in the charts and widgets legends in the Active Dashboard. For dashboards that are configured in the Active Console 5.4.x and below, the user readable path of the charts and widgets legends retain its original value. However, you can manually update the display names. When a Widget type object is selected, the Dataset tab appears in the Object Inspector dockable.

Note

Beginning Active Console 5.8.x, you can modify the title of the widgets in the Object Inspector dockable. The Title field appears either in the Style or Properties setting of the selected widget.

Widget objects include:

• Active Pie Chart
• Active Gauge
• Area Chart
• Bar Chart
• Half Gauge
• Line Chart
• Scatter Plot
• Spark Chart
• Step Graph

The Dataset tab has the following options:

Note

The Style and Properties settings for charts have different options compared to the other objects that you can modify in the Object Inspector dockable. In addition, the settings available vary depending on the selected object.