Resource grouping

You must understand resource grouping in DataMart and how it relates to setting up users in Tivoli® Netcool® Performance Manager DataView.

When you set up user access to reports, you associate the user with specific resource groups. This association lets the user see the reports deployed to that group. The resource groups that you associate with the user are generated in the DataMart component. The grouping technology automatically organizes networking data into a structure that makes it easier to manage the information about thousands (or millions) of resources. Grouping lets the Service Provider (SP) managers unify data from disparate systems or resources, and allows data to be subdivided into groups to provide users with useful information.

Summary of the grouping process

You can group resources as follows:

Perform an inventory of the network or import resources from the command line.
Create any properties that are not included in DataMart, and add them to the database.
Note: After you create properties, you must close the Rule Editor and open it again to see the new properties.
Create grouping rules.
Run the Autogrouping option in the Inventory Tool Wizard to implement the grouping rules.