Define Display Properties for an Action Catalog Group
Use the Group Display Options window to define how the group levels will look and behave in an Action Catalog, including:
- General properties: Display name, description, and order.
- Image: Image to display next to each item.
- Visibility: When to show/hide the items.
- Allow drill-down: Whether or not to allow drill-down into the items.
To define display properties for an Action Catalog group:
- On the Action Catalog Groups page, click the Display Option button.
- Define general properties for the group:
- Name: Select the Field to provide the display text (hyperlink). Typically, this is the Field you used to group items, although you can use a unique display Field.
- (Optional) Description: Select the Field to provide a description of the group. The descriptive text displays directly under the hyperlink.
- Order By: Select the
Field to use to sort the Group items
(example: Sort Categories alphabetically from A-Z by Category name). Click the
Sort in Descending Order button
to toggle the sort order between ascending (1-10, A-Z, etc.) and descending (10-1, Z-A, etc.). A non-active icon
indicates ascending order; an active icon
indicates descending order.
- (Optional) Select the images to display next to the group's display
text:
- Show image next to each command: Select this check box to display
an image next to each group's display text, and then select the images:
- Field with image: Select this radio button to display an image from a Field, and then select the Field that contains the image.
- Expression: Select this radio button to use an Expression to
provide the image (example: If Category equals Network, display a picture of a
Server), and then define the Expression using one of the following options:
- Stored Expression: Click the
Ellipses button
to open the Expression Manager, and then select an existing stored Expression or create a new stored Expression. Stored Expressions can be reused in numerous places in CSM.
- Custom Expression: Click the
Custom Expression button
to open the Custom Expression Builder, and then create a custom Expression specifically for this scenario.
- Stored Expression: Click the
Ellipses button
- Show image next to each command: Select this check box to display
an image next to each group's display text, and then select the images:
- (Optional) Define Expressions for showing/hiding and
enabling/disabling Group items (example: Disable/enable Actions based on
Security Role) using one of the following options:
- Stored Expression: Click the
Ellipses button
to open the Expression Manager, and then select an existing stored Expression or create a new stored Expression. Stored Expressions can be reused in numerous places in CSM.
- Custom Expression: Click the
Custom Expression button
to open the Custom Expression Builder, and then create a custom Expression specifically for this scenario.
- Stored Expression: Click the
Ellipses button
- Define drill-down options for the group:
- Allow Drill Down: Select this check box to enable drill-down into the group. When drill-down is enabled, the display text becomes a hyperlink that drills down into the items grouped beneath it.
- If drill down is enabled, select the drill-down behavior. You can
select from the following:
- User must drill-down to see items in this group: Select this radio button to hide all grouped items, only displaying the items when the hyperlink is clicked.
- All group items will be shown even if not drilled-down: Select this radio button to display all the grouped items below the group's display.
- Max items to show without drilling down: Select this radio button to display a defined number of grouped items before drilling down, and then provide a number.
- Drill down style: Select a drill-down style. Default uses the Widget's style.
- Define quick-view options:
- Allow quick view of Incident Category in a popup window: Select
this check box to enable Quick View for the group. When enabled, the Go To
button
appears next to the group and, when clicked, pops up additional information.
- Allow quick view of Incident Category in a popup window: Select
this check box to enable Quick View for the group. When enabled, the Go To
button
-
Click OK.