About the Environment Views and Refresh Frequency

You can customize how the status information for environment services is displayed via the Group Services By button and the Options button on the Environment workspace ribbon. You can also customize how often the information is displayed in the workspace via the Options button.

Customize the Services View

The Group by Services button allows you to display status information for all the services in the environment in different views: Grid, Node, and Tier.

To customize the Services view:

1. In System Management Center, click Environment in the left navigation and then click Services.
2. Click Group Service By on the ribbon.
   The Grid view is the default. In this view, you can can create custom groupings, search, filter, and drill down for services.  
   
3. Click Tier to switch to the Tier view.
   In the Tier view, you can view the status of the environment tiers and their relationships and drill down to individual services. The environment shape is in the middle with a spoke for each available tier, for example, Web Tier and Application Tier.
   
4. Click Node to switch to the Node view.
   In the Node view, you can view the status of individual nodes in each tier and their relationships and drill down to individual services. The environment shape is in the middle with a spoke for each available tier and multiple spokes for the nodes, for example, Host : O71-Q001.
   

Customize the Status Colors

The colors in the Tier view and Node view diagrams represent the status of services in the environment. You can customize the color of each status via the Options button.

To customize the status colors:

1. In System Management Center, click Environment in the left navigation and then click Services.
2. Click Options on the ribbon and then click to select the Color Settings tab.
   
3. Click the Status drop down and select the appropriate status. Move the cursor in the color display to change the color. The default color for the Up status is green.
4. To remove your changes and return to the default color, click Reset. 
5. To save your changes, click Save. 

The following default colors are used for each shape displayed in the Tier and Node views:

• Yellow (Undefined). This color is used for the application types, such as EM Shell, Web Server, etc., and for general objects such as environment name, tier types, and host names. The undefined state occurs when any of the underlying services are in Down status, for example, due to stopped host, stopped EM Shell, or other connection issues.
• Green (Active). This color means that the service is in Up status.
• Red (Stopped). This color means that the service is in Down status.

Customize the Data Refresh Frequency

You can customize how often the data in the Services window is automatically refreshed.

To customize the refresh frequency:

1. In System Management Center, click Environment in the left navigation and then click Services.
2. Click Options on the ribbon and then click to select the Data Update Frequency tab.
   
3. Click the appropriate frequency bar to change the values.
4. To remove your changes and return to the default frequency, click Reset. 
5. To save your changes, click Save.