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NinjaOne Platform: Viewing Recent and Favorited or Saved Content

Topic

This article explains how to find recently viewed or saved content.

Environment

NinjaOne Platform

Description

The Recents and Favorites menus in NinjaOne enable you to quickly navigate back to devices, organizations, groups, documents, or tickets that you were either recently viewing or have selected as items that you may wish to view frequently.

Index

Select a category to learn more: 

Recently Viewed Content

The Recents menu option on the left navigation pane of the NinjaOne console will list the 10 most recent devices, organizations, or groups that you have viewed in NinjaOne. Click the down arrow to expand the list and then click the entry to navigate back to the page.

Your Recents list will carry over between sessions (when you log out of the NinjaOne console, you will see your Recents when you log back in).
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Figure 1: NinjaOne Recents menu

To remove an item from your Recents list, move your cursor over the row and click X. 

To add an item from your Recents list to your Favorites list, move your cursor over the row and click the star icon. 

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Figure 2: Remove or favorite a recent page

View Content Saved to Favorites

The Favorites menu option on the left navigation pane of the NinjaOne console will list any devices, organizations, groups, tickets, or documents that you would like to save for easy viewing. This allows for quick navigation to these items. There is no limit to the number of items that you can include in your Favorites.

Click the down arrow to expand the Favorites menu. Click the item to navigate to that page. 

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Figure 3: NinjaOne Favorites menu

After you add an item to your Favorites, you will notice that the star icon (Screen_Shot_2020-01-17_at_11.51.52_AM.png) will be highlighted in the console. You can click the highlighted star to remove the item from your Favorites

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Figure 4: Example of a Favorite item

To clear a single item from your Favorites list, move your cursor over the item and click the star icon.

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Figure 5: Remove item from Favorites list

You can add devices, organizations, groups, and documents to your Favorites. To learn how, select the type of data or entity that you want to add as a favorite: 

Add a Device as Favorite

Navigate to the Device Dashboard and click the star to the right of the device name.

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Figure 6: Add a device as a favorite

Add an Organization as Favorite

Navigate to the Organization Dashboard and click the star to the right of the organization name.

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Figure 7: Add an organization as a favorite

Add a Search Group as Favorite

Navigate to the Devices search page. Create a new search group or click Load group and select a saved group. With the search group open, click the star to the right of the group name. 

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Figure 7: Add a search group as a favorite

Add a Document as Favorite

From any dashboard (system, organization, or device) open a document from the Knowledge Base tab. Click the star to the right of the document name. This function does not work with folders. 

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Figure 9: Add a document as a favorite

Frequently Asked Questions About Recent and Favorites

Select a question to review the answer: 

What can be displayed in my Recent or Favorites bar?

Devices, organizations, or search groups can display in your Recents or Favorites lists.

Can I change the order in which items appear in my Recent or Favorites bar?

The order of the devices listed in the Recent list will be determined by which item you viewed most recently (with most recent at the start of the list). Devices in the Favorites list will be listed in alphabetical order. 

How many recent items will NinjaOne list in my Recent bar?

NinjaOne will show the 10 most recently viewed items in your Recents list.

How many items can I pin to my Favorites bar?

You can add as many items to your Favorites as you choose.

Can an item show up both in my Recents list and my Favorites list at the same time?

Yes. If you have recently viewed an item from your Favorites list, that item will also appear in your Recents list.

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