1. A method for allowing a user to create group views of a managed network environment information by dynamically manipulating a user interface of a windows-based computer environment, comprising: displaying a list of a plurality of group views within the user interface, each group view of the plurality of group views representative of a grouping of network components and containing a plurality of group view attributes, defined by a plurality of attribute values in a group view attribute list stored in a database, that define the grouping of network components of the group view, wherein a user can dynamically change one or more group views of the plurality of group views by changing one or more group view attributes of the plurality of group view attributes stored in the database; selecting to add a new group view to the plurality of group views; the user entering a plurality of group view attributes of the new group view into a new group view attribute list via the user interface and assigning an attribute value to each group view attribute of the plurality of group view attributes of the new group view in the new group view attribute list and storing the plurality of group view attributes and associated attribute values in the new group view attribute list in the database; adding the new group view to the plurality of group views; and displaying an updated list of a plurality of group views that includes the new group view.