Use the Conductor as the desktop entry point for Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus. You can use the Conductor to start the other desktop tools or client applications that enable you to view and manage alerts. You can also change your password and can access tools that are defined by your system administrator for managing alerts in the event list.
| Button | Description |
|---|---|
| Configurable button (leftmost button) | Use the configurable button to start a custom event list configuration automatically whenever you start the Conductor. This button requires user customization, and is shown as a dotted rectangle (with a none label), which acts as a placeholder if the button is not yet linked to an event list configuration. To configure this button, you must select the icon for an event list configuration file from the personal library or the Directory Browser window, and then drop the icon over this button. |
| Filter Builder | Click Filter Builder to start the Filter Builder with the default filter loaded. You can use the Filter Builder to create new filters or edit existing filters. |
| View Builder | Click View Builder to start the View Builder with the default view loaded. You can use the View Builder to create new views or edit existing views. |
| Browser | Click Browser to open a directory browser utility that allows you to navigate file systems, and find filter files, view files, and event list configuration files, which you can add to your personal library of frequently-used Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus files. |
| Event List | Click Event List to start the event list with a default configuration; that is, with a default view and default filter. If an event list has already been started from the Conductor, this button is not available, in order to prevent multiple event lists from being started. |
| Interfaces | Click Interfaces to start the Server Editor, which is used to set up communication details that enable Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus server components to communicate with each other. |
| Properties | Click Properties to start the Properties Editor, which can be used to edit the configuration information in the properties files for ObjectServers, proxy servers, process agents, the database initialization utility (nco_dbinit), probes, and gateways. |
To run a desktop tool from the Conductor, click the relevant button. The tool starts automatically; you do not need to enter a user name or password.
The personal library provides an easily-accessible location from which to open frequently-used Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus files that are held in your .omnibus directory. This includes event list configuration files (.elc), view files (.elv), and filter files (.elf). You can double-click icons in the personal library to open their associated applications.
The personal library also contains a prefs icon, which represents a preference file. You double-click this icon to specify global preferences for the Conductor, event list, and alert notifications.