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Object Names Display

You have different possibilities to show the names of the objects in the list:

  • The friendly name output: The objects are shown with their relative distinguished names:

    Object names in friendly output (onelevel)

    In subtree views, the friendly name output shows you the hierarchical path of the objects:

    Object names in friendly output (subtree)

  • The DN output: The objects are shown with their full technical distinguished name:

    Object Names as DN

    This output can be used for onelevel or deeptree views:

    Object Names as DN in subtree view

  • The Novell notation output: The objects are shown with their dotted Novell DN notation:

    Object names in Novell notation

You can configure the object list name output with the menu option View - List output Settings or the Show friendly object names button Show friendly object names button and the Show distinguished name in Novell notation button Show distinguished name in Novell notation button.

Show friendly object names button The Show friendly object names button creates a user-friendly output of names.

Show distinguished name in Novell notation button The Show distinguished name in Novell notation button shows the names in Novell's dotted notation.