Working with objects

There are numerous ways in which objects can be created or modified within SmartConsole. To recap some of the ways learned in lessons from Chapter 7, SmartConsole – Familiarization and Navigation, and to show a few more object-specific options, let's take a look at how it is done:

1. We can create objects by going to the Objects menu [1], using the New… option in the right Objects tab [2], opening Object Explorer from either of these two menus [3], and using the New option in it or the context-specific New option [4], as shown in the following screenshot for the GATEWAYS & SERVERS view:

Figure 9.1 – Creating new objects options

2. To insert objects in the rules, we may click the + sign in any of the cells of our rules [1] to access the Object Browser [2]. To add existing objects to the cell, we can use a freeform search [3] and then, in the filtered list, click on the + sign to the left of the desired...