In the Computers application, you can view the complete hierarchy of partitions that are associated with the computer that you are viewing.
To view the hierarchy of partitions that are associated with a computer, from the Select Action menu, select Open Drilldown. The hierarchy is displayed as an indented list.
A large number of computer records sometimes affects the performance of the drilldown. The total number of records is not as important as the way the hierarchies are constructed. Performance can be affected if there are a large number of children (for example, more than 200) for any given parent.
The distribution of records in the hierarchy has a greater effect than the total number of records within it. For example, if the hierarchy follows a perfectly symmetrical structure of 10 children for each parent, a five-level hierarchy could have 100,000 records within 5 levels, and have very good performance. But if the structure is asymmetrical, and a single parent has, for example, 200 children, the performance can be adversely affected, even with far fewer total records in the hierarchy.
System administrators can set a limit on the number of child records displayed in the hierarchy. When the limit is reached, a message is displayed. A message also appears in the hierarchy at the level where the limit was reached, along with an icon, to indicate that more children exist at that level but are not displayed.