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 custom vSphere object by using the standard template to create an object workspace.

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 one of the categorized relations tabs in an object 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 object, and other relevant information.

Use Cases

You can extend an existing vSphere object list view to include additional information about each object in the list. The following are some examples of new information you might add to an object list view.

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You added a new object type to the vSphere environment that is related to the target object, and you want the related object to appear in the target object list view. For example, if you add a custom object type called Backup to the vSphere environment, you can extend the Virtual Machine object list to show Backup objects related to a given Virtual Machine.

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You extended the vSphere Web Client Data Service to provide additional properties for the target object type, and you want those properties to appear in the object list view. For example, if you add additional properties to a virtual machine object, you can extend the virtual machine list view to display those properties.

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You want the vSphere Web Client to show an existing property or other information that does not appear as a column in the default object list view.

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