Folder

System Center

Updated: August 10, 2011

Applies To: Operations Manager 2007 R2, System Center Operations Manager 2007

Represents a folder to be displayed in the Operations console.


<Folder ID="FolderID" Accessibility="Public/Private" ParentFolder="ParentFolderID"></Folder>

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and the parent element of the Folder element.

Attributes

 

Attribute Description

ID

Required attribute. Represents the identity of the element. To learn how to identify your element in a management pack, see Element Identity and Namespace Conventions.

Accessibility

Required attribute. Defines the visibility of the view type definition.

ParentFolder

Required attribute. Represents the ID of the folder that is to be the parent of this folder. The parent folder can be defined either in the management pack that defines this folder or in an external management pack.

Accessibility Attribute Values

 

Value Description

Public

Indicates that the folder element is visible to external management packs so that external child folders can be added to it.

Internal

Indicates that the folder element is not visible to external management packs so that external child folders cannot be added to it.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

 

Element Description

Folders

Contains all folder definitions to be displayed in the Operations console.

Folder elements are defined to contain one or more Views elements that have been defined in your management pack. Views cannot be displayed without first being contained by a folder. To contain a view inside a folder, you must define a FolderItem element without your management pack.

A display string for each folder should be defined in the display string section of the management pack for at least one language. For more information, see DisplayStrings.

The following XML sample illustrates how to associate a View element with a Folder element.


<View ID="System.Views.InventoryView" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="System!System.Computer" TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.InventoryViewType" Visible="true">
   <Category>Operations</Category>
</View>
…
<Folder ID="System.Views.ViewFolder.Root" Accessibility="Public" ParentFolder="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.Monitoring.ViewFolder.Root" />
…
<FolderItem ElementID="System.Views.InventoryView" Folder="System.Views.ViewFolder.Root" />

 
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