. You can open the Favorites container the same way as you would open any other container in the Network Browser view - by simply double clicking on it.The Goverlan Machines view includes a Favorites section which allows you to create your own hierarchy of machine containers. This is useful if you have a set of machines which do not belong to a domain and you simply want to have quick access to a particular set of machines. The Favorites section can contain Machine objects, Static Containers and Dynamic Containers. In addition, the Static Container can contain any type of object, including sub-containers, which allows you to create a hierarchy of your choice. The Favorites Section can also be used to perform a remote administration task on a group of machines.
The Favorites container is accessible in the Network Browser of the Computers tab. It is represented as a container with the icon . You can open the Favorites container the same way as you would open any other container in the Network Browser view - by simply double clicking on it.
Managing favorite computers is done the same way as managing computer objects which belong to a domain. Double click on any of the computer objects to disclose the set of available administration features. To view information about a particular feature of an object, see Administration & Diagnostic Feature Map.
Some features can be executed on multiple machines. These options are accessible via the Group Management category of the context menu of the Favorites section. Simply select the parent container of a group of machines or use the [CTRL] or [SHIFT] key to select multiple machines, right-click on the mouse, then select the tasks to execute.
To add a new entry in the Favorite Targets list, select the parent container and click on the 
button of the Favorites panel toolbar, or, right-click on the static container and select Add Computer.
You can also use the keyboard shortcut: [INSERT]
Enter the NetBIOS name, DNS name or IP address of the remote machine to add and click on OK. You can also click on the Advanced button to add machine objects in more advanced ways. For instance, you can scan an IP segment, add domain computer accounts or import machine names from a CSV file. See: Using the Select Computers feature.
The Favorites Section can contain any number of folders and sub-containers in order to facilitate the organization of your objects.
To create a sub-container, select the parent container and click on the Add Container button, or, right click on the mouse and select Add Container.
You can also use the keyboard shortcut: [SHIFT] + [INSERT]
Then Select Static Container.
Enter the name of the new static container and press the enter key.
In addition to static containers, which contain a static list of child objects, you can also add dynamic folders which will update their contents every time they are opened. You can add two types of dynamic folders: Active Directory Containers and IP Segments.
To view the contents of a dynamic container, double click on it. To refresh the contents of an opened dynamic container, right click on it and select Refresh Contents.
Active Directory dynamic containers link to an existing Active Directory container. When opened, the Favorites container is populated with the current contents of the Active Directory container.
To create an Active Directory container, select the parent container and click on the Add Container button, or, right click on the mouse and select Add Container.
You can also use the keyboard shortcut: [SHIFT] + [INSERT]
Click on Active Directory Container.
Enter a display name for the container.
Click on the Active Directory Browser button to navigate through the hierarchy of the local active directory folder. Select the domain and container to link this object to.
To further filter out the resulting list of computer objects, you can configure a Name Filter.
The name filter string should not contain any wild cards. For instance, to return computers which have the string 'LEGAL' in their name (ie: MAC_LEGAL_01, LEGAL_MAC122, MACLEGAL03), enter the name filter: LEGAL.
Optionally, you can enter a Location, Description and Comment.
Click on OK.
IP Subnet Range containers return the computer objects which have an IP address in the configured IP Subnet Range.
To create an IP Subnet Range container, select the parent container and click on the Add Container button, or, right click on the mouse and select Add Container.
You can also use the keyboard shortcut: [SHIFT] + [INSERT]
Click on IP Subnet Range.
Select a display name for the container.
Optionally, you can enter a Location, Description and Comment.
Define the IP Range.
Configure the criteria to fulfill in order for an IP Address to be returned when opening the container.
Each object in the Favorites view includes four fields which can be set to a string of your choice: Display Name, Location, Description and Comment. By default, some of these fields are not visible as columns. To show or hide a field's column, right-click within the column headers and check or un-check the desired column name.
To modify these fields, single click within them in the main view, or, right-click within the field and select Edit Field, or, open the Properties of that object.
You can sort the favorite items in two ways:
Click on the header of the column to sort the information by that column.
This performs a temporary sorting of the information. Once you restart the program, the sorting information is not remembered.
Select a parent container, right-click on the mouse and use the Sort By context menu.
When using this method, the resulting list order is persistent.
You can export the entire Favorites hierarchy or a sub-branch of the hierarchy.
Select the parent container to be exported, right-click on the mouse and select Export.
Specify the name and path of the export file.
Select the desired export format by changing the Save As Type field.
You can export favorites as:
Favorite XML file
Plain Text file
Comma Separated Values (CSV) file
Note: Only the Favorites XML and CSV files are acceptable formats for imports.
Select the container to use as parent container, right-click on the mouse and select Import.
Note: You can only select a Static Container to import favorites.
Choose the format of the import file. You can either use the native Favorites XML format or a comma separated values file.
The CSV import format is as follows: "display name","Network Name","Location","Comment","Description". It can only contain machine objects.
Specify the name and path of the import file.