Navigating through the web interface

The main menu for the web interface is housed within the Go button, located in the upper-left corner of your browser. The Go menu is visible from anywhere within the web interface.

From the Go menu, you can navigate to the areas you will use most in WhatsUp Gold, including your customized Home workspace views; your monitored devices list; Network Tools; the configuration of the Passive, Active, and Performance Monitor libraries; and the WhatsUp Gold Help.

The web interface is organized into three areas:

• Home
• Devices
• Reports

  

You can access each of these areas by:

• Clicking on an icon from the Go menu.
• Selecting one of the web interface tabs.

The Home Workspace

The WhatsUp Gold Home Workspace is the first screen you see after logging in to the web interface. This is your personal, customizable Home Workspace. For more information on your Home Workspace, please see Customizing Workspace Views.

The Workspace Toolbar

• Add Content. Use this button to add workspace reports to your workspace views.
• Workspace View. Use this drop-down menu to edit your workspace views and to switch between workspace views.
• Help. Use this button to view the WhatsUp Gold Help for the window you are currently viewing.

  

The Devices tab

The WhatsUp Gold Devices tab is where your monitored devices are displayed and managed. The Devices tab has two modes: Device View and Map View. You can add devices in either mode by using the Devices Toolbar located in the upper-right corner of your browser.

The Devices Menu bar

• File. Use this section of the menu to add new devices, device groups, and dynamic groups.
• Edit. Use this section of the menu to copy, move, edit, and delete devices and device groups. You can also access Device Status and Device Properties from this section.
• View. Use this section to switch between Device and Map views, to navigate to device groups, and to refresh the screen.

  

The Devices Toolbar

• New Device. Use this button to add a new device to your list of monitored devices.
• New Group. Use this button to add a new device group to your list of monitored devices.
• New Dynamic Group. Use this button to add a new dynamic group to your list of monitored devices.

  

The Right-Mouse Menu

A similar right-mouse menu available in the WhatsUp Gold console is available on the web interface on the Devices tab. The right-mouse menu comes up when you right click in the Devices tab after selecting a device or set of devices.

The Reports tab

The Reports tab contains all of the WhatsUp Gold Full Reports. The 2007 version has integrated a new Full Report Picker so that you can easily pick and choose reports to view.

Report Category menu

The Report Category drop-down menu allows you to jump to report category screens from where to choose reports for viewing.