Hello, I am trying to create some Dashboards using the Alert Widgets. I am having problems with the column width. The default widths are not useful and take up to much screen space for a dashboard (example" Maintenance mode is really wide just for a icon). After I create the Dashboard I can adjust the column width just fine, but as soon as I go to another view and come back SCOM forgets how I had it all configured and resizes it back to default. How do I fix this and get it to save my custom widths?  Thanks!

It is because every time you go back to Alert View Widget, it will reload its original configuration. You can modify the orgininal configuration setting by export the MP, contains the Alert view Widget, and modify its XML file.
The column width setting is under
Presentation -> Component Overrides -> ComponentOverrideID -> Bindings -> Binding PropertyID="Columns" -> Complex Value Type(select the coumn which you want to set the column width) --> Binding Property ID="Width" -> SimpleValue Value="12" ( 12 is the new column width)
Roger

• Marked as answer by bcehr Friday, February 14, 2014 9:06 PM

Thanks for the reply.  What MP are GUI created Dashboards saved in? It is one of the few things that doesn't prompt for a MP.  Also, so it there really no way to configure this in the GUI? How come column widths are saved just fine for 2007 style dashboards but not the new 2012 ones?

• Marked as answer by bcehr Friday, February 14, 2014 9:06 PM
• Unmarked as answer by bcehr Friday, February 14, 2014 9:06 PM

You custom Alert View is save as either a folder or under Monitoring.

1) under a particular folder: the alert view is stored in the Management Pack which is same as folder

2) under a monitoring: Widget is save in Default Management pack

Roger

• Marked as answer by bcehr Friday, February 14, 2014 9:06 PM

Thanks!  It is unfortunate that we can't do this in the GUI (lots of trial and error on column widths and many reimports of the MP), but should work.

I still can't get this to work, the UI doesn't seem to respect the width column and keeps acting likes its Auto. Has anyone had any success here?

Would love to know this as well, and see it baked into the UI if possible. I would like state icon and name on the left in a small column and have the alert on the right column, larger so I can see the description at  aglance on our tv display. Any suggestions appreciated.