Extending vSphere Object List Views

The vSphere Web Client provides a list view for each type of object in the vSphere environment. The list view appears in the main workspace when the user selects an inventory list in the Object Navigator, or when the user selects the Related Objects data view in an object’s workspace. Each list view is a table containing the names of all objects of the relevant type, along with information on status, properties, and related items. For example, the Virtual Machine object list view contains the names of all virtual machines in your vSphere environment, the power state of each Virtual Machine object, the related Host object for each Virtual Machine, and other relevant information.

You can extend the list view for any given vSphere object type by adding one or more columns to the list view table. You can also create a list view for a new type of vSphere object by using the standard template to create an object workspace. See Adding to vCenter Object Workspaces.

This chapter contains the following topics:

■	Scenarios for Extending an Object List View

■	Defining an Object List View Extension

■	Creating the ColumnSetContainer Class