The Managed Agent Explorer view

Double click on the agent or right click to bring up the context menu and choose Open With > Managed Agent Explorer. Note that you can open the managed agent explorer only on managed agents that are active and monitoring. This will bring up the Managed Agent Explorer and show the resource at the root of the tree structure. Expand the tree two levels down to see the Properties and Operations.

Picture of Managed Agent Explorer showing one resource with properties and operations.

Double clicking on the Properties node will show all the properties and their values in the Properties panel on the top right. Typically these operations take a few seconds as all the data is collected. You may also click on individual properties to show their values in the Properties Panel. You can also edit the Properties in the value column. The entered values will be reflected on the resource.

Picture of Managed Agent Explorer Details pane showing all of the properties of a resource.

Click on an operation to see its input parameters and returned value in the Operations panel on the bottom right. For example, the queryResourceProperties method takes in two parameters and returns a XML fragment. The results row will not let you edit the value. At this time, the explorer does not support data entry of complex data values.

Picture of Managed Agent Explorer Details pane showing the input parameters of an operation.

Once you have typed in the arguments you can invoke the operation by hitting the Invoke button. The results of the operation will populate the value column in the last row that represents the returned type and value.