Scenarios for Creating a Global View Extension

The following are some common uses for a global view extension.

Dashboards

You can use a global view extension to create a “dashboard”-style data view. A dashboard aggregates data from many disparate sources in the vSphere environment together in one unified data view. For example, you can create a dashboard that provides status information on all custom company-branded objects in the vSphere environment.

Consoles

You can use a global view extension to create a “console”-style application that is displayed in the vSphere Web Client main content area. The vSphere Web Client Tasks Console and Events Console are examples of this kind of global view.