To access the Map View Editor, select the Views option from the Editors pull-down Menu. The View Editor Window appears.
Figure 5.15 - View Editor Window
View Option Toggle Buttons View Name File Menu Available View Apply/Remove View Buttons Defined Views List Add/Delete View
Buttons View NodeToggle Buttons
Apply View Button View Linkset Toggle Buttons Options
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View Editor Window Definitions
The View Editor fields used to define views are summarized below.
The File pull-down Menu offers options to print the selected View options or close the View Editor Window.
• Print prints the selected View options to a text file.
• Close closes the View Editor Window.
The Options pull-down Menu offers the ability to apply the current view or set a Fallback (default) view.
• Apply view to current map applies the selected
view to the current open map.
• Remove view from current map removes the
applied view from the current open map.
• Set as Fallback view defines the current selected
view as the default view.
• Unset Fallback view removes the current Fallback
view as the default view.
User, Group, All Views Radio Buttons
Select which views display in the Defined Views List by user, administration group, or all defined views.
Apply/Remove View To/From Current Map applies or
removes the selected view to the current map.
Defined Views List displays a list of views for User,
Group, or All defined views. The list includes the view name and the ID of the user who defined the view.
Add/Delete Command Buttons adds a new view or deletes
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the name of a new view.
View Option Toggle Buttons provide the following
options:
• Nodes, Linksets visible when in alarm displays
nodes or linksets only when they are in an alarm condition.
• Node Names Visible removes or display names of
nodes or linksets on the network map.
• Floating Text Visible removes or display text on the
map.
• Visible Node and Linkset types defines which node
types and linkset types to display on network maps. Nodes and linksets toggled on will always display, regardless of the Node/Linkset visible when in
alarm settings.
Click the Apply button to assign all changes made to the highlighted view, or to add the newly defined view to the
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Lab 5.3
View Configuration
This lab explains how to configure and apply views, and clarifies the use of various options in the View Editor.
1. Click on the Editors Menu and choose Views. The View Editor Window appears.
Figure 5.16 - View Editor Window
Reminder: A User
Group is a group of user accounts. Users belong- ing to the same User Group share Group Views.
2. Click on the radio button for User Views. If any views were previously defined by the current user, they are displayed in the Defined Views list.
3. Click Add to add a new view. Name it <#SSP> in the View Name field.
4. In the Visible Node Types section of the window, select
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6. Select <#SSP> from the Defined Views list. Click the Apply
View to Current Map button on the left side of the window
to apply this view to the Tejas map.
7. Move the View Editor to the side to see the effects of this view. Notice that only SSP element types are displayed on the map. Notice also that the view name now displays at the top of the map window next to Tejas.
8. Move your mouse back to the View Editor Window. Select the Group Views radio button. Notice that all of the views defined by the class members display in the Defined Views list.
9. Now select the All Views radio button. Notice that all views defined in the GeoProbe network are listed in the Defined Views list.
10. Highlight the view you just created from the Defined Views list.
11. Select the Remove View From Current Map button on the left side of the window. Move the View Editor to the side and notice that all nodes display on the map again. Notice also the header bar for the map has “no view applied” next to the map name.
12. In the View Editor Window, click the Add button to add another view.
13. Name this view <#lsalarm>. Configure this view as follows: • Enable all node types in the Visible node types field
• Enable all linkset types in the Visible linkset types field
• Enable Linksets visible when in alarm
• Leave other options disabled
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15. Select Apply View to Current Map and move the View Editor to the side.
If any linksets are in alarm, they will be visible. Otherwise, no linksets should be visible on the map.
16. Move your mouse back to the View Editor Window and select the #lsalarm view from the Defined Views list.
17. Select the Remove View From Current Map button on the left side of the window to remove the view from the current map.
18. Choose Close from the File Menu to close the View Editor Window.