A view is

• a section within the BigSister configuration (bb-display.cfg) started with the keyword %View
• a sub directory within the web status directory containing only the information referenced in the respective configuration section
• a means for providing users a tailored entry point
• a means for restricting access to status information

In order to create a view you just insert a %View statement into bb-display.cfg. Everything after this statement up to the next %View statement is considered as belonging to this view:

%View testlab

The view testlab is automatically correlated to a directory named testlab below your www directory. In order to populate the view you can use the usual statements for creating content:

%Group
srv1(Lab Server 1)  LAB
srv2(Lab Server 2)  LAB

%View testlab

%skin static_lamps techie
%Logskin static_lamps techie
%Page top Overview
%title auto
%refto none
%refto srv1.disk html/srv1.disk.html
%refto srv1.http html/srv1.http.html
%itemref html
%image lab/display-map.cfg
%sort severity
%table LAB

%Section Summaries
%Page errors Problem_Hosts
%title All_Hosts_with_Problems
%refto none
%itemref html
%sort severity
%select <green
%table LAB

%Frameset index top Test_Lab