# Querying and setting board names and numbers

For a board to be available, it must exist as a managed object in the OAM API database.

## Querying a board name

Complete the following steps to set or query the name of a board:

Step | Action
1 | Determine the index of the board managed object. To do so, access the Supervisor Keyword table (supervisorTable) and search for the board name in the Boards[x] array keyword. The index of the board name in the array maps to the index of the board managed object.
2 | Find the boardManagementIndex with the index value.
3 | To set the name of the board, set brdName in this row to the new name. To query the board's name, query brdName.

## Querying a board number

Complete the following steps to set or query the board number of a board:

Step | Action
1 | Determine the index of the board managed object. To do so, access the Supervisor Keyword table (supervisorTable), and search for the board name in the Boards[x] array keyword. The index of the board name in the array maps to the index of the board managed object.
2 | Find the boardManagementIndex with the index value.
3 | To set the number of the board, set brdNumber in this row to the new board number. To query the board's number, query brdNumber.