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Navigation Pane
Use the navigation pane to navigate through the drawers of the web interface (see Figure 5 on page 7). 
Figure 5 Navigation Pane
Table 17 on page 7 describes the function of each drawer.
To open a drawer, click it. A list of options for that drawer appears. You can view the contents of only one drawer at a 
time. When you open a drawer, any previously open drawer automatically closes. 
Click an option to view the hierarchy of items and the current configuration, and perform configuration tasks associated 
with that option in the content area. See Content Area, page 8 for more information about the content area.
To hide the navigation pane and expand the content area, click the collapse arrow, which is centered vertically between 
the navigation pane and content area. Click the collapse arrow again to reveal the navigation pane.
The options listed beneath drawers in the navigation pane are organized in a tree structure, where appropriate. The 
options in the tree structure are dynamic and can change based on administrator actions. Creating, deleting, or renaming 
objects in the content area can change the option display in the navigation pane. 
Table 17 Navigation Pane Drawers
Drawer Function
My Workspace Access the Task Guide and Welcome page with shortcuts to common tasks and links to 
more information. See Understanding My Workspace, page 1 for more information.
Network Resources Configure network devices, AAA clients, and network device groups. See Managing 
Network Resources, page 1 for more information.
Users and Identity Stores Configure internal users and identity stores. See Managing Users and Identity Stores, 
page 1 for more information.
Policy Elements Configure policy conditions and results. See Managing Policy Elements, page 1 for more 
information.
Access Policies Configure access policies. See Managing Access Policies, page 1 for more information.
Monitoring and Reports View log messages. See Monitoring and Reporting in ACS, page 1 for more information.
System Administration Administer and maintain your ACS. See Managing System Administrators, page 1 for 
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For example, beneath the Network Resources > Network Device Groups option, there are two preconfigured network 
device groups (options)—Location and Device Type. 
Figure 6 on page 8 s h o w s  t h a t  t h e  a d m i n i s t r a t o r  h a s  u s e d  t h e  N e t w o r k  D ev i c e  G r o u p s  o p t i o n  p a g e  t o  c r e a t e  a n  a d d i t i o n a l  
network device group called Business, which appears in the tree structure in the navigation pane.
Figure 6 Navigation Pane—Dynamic Tree Structure
Related Topics
Header, page 6
Content Area, page 8
Content Area
Use the content area to view your current location in the interface, view your configuration, configure AAA services, and 
administer your ACS.
The content area can contain:
Web Interface Location, page 8
List Pages, page 9
Secondary Windows, page 13
Rule Table Pages, page 16
Web Interface Location
Your current location in the interface appears at the top of the content area. Figure 7 on page 9 shows that the location 
is the Policy Elements drawer and the Network Devices and AAA Clients page.  
						

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Using this location as an example, ACS documentation uses this convention to indicate interface locations—Policy 
Elements > Policy Conditions > Network Devices and AAA Clients > Location. The remainder of the content area 
shows the content of the chosen page.
The interface location also displays the action that you are configuring. For example, if you are in the Users and Identity 
Stores > Internal Identity Stores > Users page and you attempt to duplicate a specific user, the interface location is 
stated as:
Users and Identity Stores > Internal Identity Stores > Users > Duplicate: user_name, where user_name is the name 
of the user you chose to duplicate. ACS documentation also uses this convention.
List Pages
List pages contain a list of items (see Figure 7 on page 9).
You can use list pages to delete one or more items from an option that you chose in the navigation pane.
Figure 7 List Page
Table 18 on page 10 describes the content area buttons and fields that list pages have in common. 
						

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Tree table pages are a variation of list pages (see Figure 8 on page 11). You can perform the same operations on tree 
table pages that you can on list pages, except for paging. In addition, with tree table pages:
Table 18 Common Content Area Buttons and Fields for List Pages
Button or Field Description
Rows per page Use the drop-down list to specify the number of items to display on this page. Options:
10—Up to 10.
25—Up to 25.
50—Up to 50.
100—Up to 100.
Go Click to display the number of items you specify in the Rows per page field.
Check box or 
radio buttonChooses or does not choose items in a list, for edit, duplicate, or delete actions. Options:
Check (a check box) or click (a radio button)—Chooses an item.
Check the check box in the header row to choose all items in the list. Check the individual 
check boxes to choose specific items in the list.
Uncheck (a check box) or unclick (a radio button)—Does not choose an item.
List column A tabular or hierarchical view of items associated with a specific configuration task. Figure 7 on 
page 9 shows the list column as a list of configured network device names; the heading of this 
list column is Name.
Scroll bar Use the content area scroll bar to view all the data in a page, if needed.
Create Click to create a new item. A wizard or single page appears in the content area.
When you click Create, any selections that you made in the content area are ignored and the 
content area displays an Edit page with page-specific default values, if any.
Duplicate Click to duplicate a selected item. A single page or a tabbed page appears in the content area.
Edit Click to edit a selected item. A single page or a tabbed page appears in the content area.
Delete Click to delete one or more selected items. A dialog box that queries 
Are you sure you want to 
delete item/items?
 appears for the item, or items, you chose to delete. The confirmation dialog 
box contains OK and Cancel. Click:
OK—Deletes the selected item or items. The list page appears without the deleted item. 
Cancel—Cancels the delete operation. The list page appears with no changes.
You can only delete items that you can view on a page, including the content of a page that you 
can view by using the scroll bar. 
For tables that span more than one page, your selections of rows to delete for pages that you 
cannot view are ignored and those selections are not deleted.
Page num of n Enter the number of the page you want to display in the content area of the list page, where num 
is the page you want to display, then click Go.
Not available for tree table pages.
Direction arrows Click the arrows on the lower right side of the content area to access the first page, previous 
page, next page, or last page. The arrows are active when required.
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A darker background color in a row indicates the top level of a tree.
If the first folder of a tree contains fewer than 50 items, the first folder is expanded and all others are collapsed. You 
must use the expanding icon (+) to view the contents of the collapsed folders.
If the first folder of a tree contains 50 or more items, all folders in the tree are collapsed. You must click the expanding 
icon (+) to view the contents of the folders.
If you check the check box for a folder (a parent), it chooses all children of that folder. 
If you check the check box of a folder (a parent), and then uncheck any of the children, the parent folder is unchecked 
automatically.
Figure 8 Tree Table Page
Filtering
Large lists in a content area window or a secondary window (see Figure 11 on page 14) can be difficult to navigate 
through and select the data that you want. You can use the web interface to filter data in these windows to reduce the 
data that appears in a list, based on criteria and conditions that you choose. Table 19 on page 12 describes the filtering 
options.
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Note: For tree table pages, you can only perform filtering on a root node, the top-most parent.
Sorting
Most nontree list pages support sorting by the Name column or the Description column, when available. You can sort 
pages in an ascending or descending manner. 
For pages that do not have a Name or Description column, the sorting mechanism may be supported in the left-most 
column of the page, or the Description column. Place your cursor over a column heading to determine if sorting is 
available for a column. If sorting is available, the cursor turns into a hand and the text 
Click to sort appears. 
When a table is sorted, the column heading text darkens and an up arrow or down arrow appears the text (see Figure 9 
on page 13). Click the arrow to resort in the opposing manner.
Table 19 Filtering in the Content Area Window and Secondary Windows
Button or Field Description
Filter (drop-down list box) Select the name of the column from the drop-down list box on which to filter.
Match if (drop-down list 
box)Select the condition you want to apply to your filter action:
Contains
Doesn’t Contain
Ends With
Equals
Is Empty
Not Empty
Not Equals
Starts With
The condition is applied to the column you select in the Filter drop-down list box.
v (down arrow) Click to add an additional filter row on which to choose conditions to narrow or expand 
your filter action. The text 
And: precedes the additional filter row.
^ (up arrow) Click to remove an extraneous filter row.
Go Click to execute your filter action.
Clear Filter Click to clear any current filter options.
OK Click to add the selected data to your configuration and close the secondary window.
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Figure 9 Sorting Example
Secondary Windows
The content area serves as the launching place for any secondary (popup) windows that you access by clicking Select 
(see Figure 10 on page 13) from single, tabbed, or wizard pages. You use these secondary windows to filter and select 
data that you want to use in your configuration (see Figure 11 on page 14 and Table 19 on page 12). 
You can select one or more items from a secondary window to include in your configuration, dependent upon the 
selection option.
Items listed in a secondary window with radio buttons allow you to select one item to include in your configuration and 
items listed with check boxes allow you to select multiple items.
Figure 10 Select Button—Accesses Secondary Windows 
						

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Figure 11 Secondary Window
In addition to selecting and filtering data, you can create a selectable object within a secondary window. 
For example, if you attempt to create a users internal identity store, and click Select to assign the store to an identity 
group (a selectable object), but the identity group you want to associate it with is not available for selection, you can click 
Create within the secondary window to create the object you want. 
After you have created the object and clicked Submit, the secondary window is refreshed with the newly created object, 
which you can then select for your configuration. In this example, you can select the newly created identity group to 
assign it to the users internal identity store.
Transfer Boxes
Transfer boxes are a common element in content area pages (see Figure 12 on page 15). You use these boxes to select 
and remove items for use in your configuration and order them according to your needs. Figure 12 on page 15 shows 
the transfer box options. Table 20 on page 15 describes the transfer box options. 
						

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Figure 12 Transfer Box
Schedule Boxes
Schedule boxes are a common element in content area pages (see Figure 12 on page 15). You use them to select active 
times for a policy element from a grid, where each row represent s  a  d ay  o f  t h e  w e e k  a n d  e a c h  s q u a r e  i n  a  r o w  r e p r e s e n t s  
an hour in a day. 
Click one square to make one hour active. Table 21 on page 16 describes the Schedule box options.
Table 20 Transfer Box Fields and Buttons
Field or Button Description
Available List of available items for selection.
Selected Ordered list of selected items.
Right arrow (>) Click to move one selected item from the Available list to the Selected list.
Left arrow (>) Click to move all items from the Available list to the Selected list.
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Figure 13 Schedule Box
Rule Table Pages
Rule table pages display the rules that comprise policies. You can reorder rules within a rule table page and submit the 
policy that is associated with a table. You can access properties and customization pages from rule tables to configure 
your policies. 
For more information on specific rule table pages, and properties and customization pages, see Managing Access 
Policies, page 1. 
Directly above the rule table are two display options:
Standard Policy—Click to display the standard policy rule table.
Exception Policy—Click to display the exception policy rule table, which takes precedence over the standard policy 
rule table content.
Table 22 on page 17 describe the common options of standard and exception rule table pages:
Table 21 Schedule Box Fields and Buttons
Field or Button Description
Mon Row that indicates Monday of every week of every year.
Tue Row that indicates Tuesday of every week of every year.
Wed Row that indicates Wednesday of every week of every year.
Thu Row that indicates Thursday of every week of every year.
Fri Row that indicates Friday of every week of every year.
Sat Row that indicates Saturday of every week of every year.
Sun Row that indicates Sunday of every week of every year.
0:00 to 24:00 Indicates the hours of a day in columns, where 0:00 = the hour that begins the second after 
midnight Eastern Standard Time (EST), and 24:00 = midnight to 1:00 a.m., in the time zone in 
which your ACS instance is located.
Square (of the grid) Click one square to make one hour active.
Set All Click to select all squares (hours).
Clear All Click to deselect all squares (hours).
Undo All Click to remove your most recent selections.