URL parameters
Use URL parameters to construct a URL to launch any of the Network Manager Web applications directly from a Web browser. For example, you can construct a URL to launch the Hop View containing a predefined network map.
These parameters can be typed directly into the address bar of your browser. Alternatively, you could write a Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI tool to pass column values for an event to a CGI script. The script could then call the relevant Web application with these parameters.
Default windows composed of multiple Web applications, such as the Network Health View, cannot be opened using a URL. The following table lists the Network Manager Web applications that can be opened using URLs.
| Window | URL | Takes parameters |
|---|---|---|
| Hop View | https://host:port/ibm/console/ncp_topoviz/HopView.action | Yes |
| MIB Browser | https://host:port/ibm/console/ncp_mibbrowser/Launch.action | Yes |
| MIB Grapher | https://host:port/ibm/console/ncp_mibbrowser/pages/mib_graph/mibgraphview_servlet.jsp | Yes |
| Network Discovery Configuration | https://host:port/ibm/console/ncp_disco/DiscoConfig.action | No |
| Network Discovery Status | https://host:port/ibm/console/ncp_disco/DiscoStatus.action | No |
| Network Views | https://host:port/ibm/console/ncp_topoviz/NetworkView.action | Yes |
| Path Views | https://host:port/ibm/console/ncp_topoviz/PathViewNewPath.action | Yes |
| Top Performers | https://<server>:<port>/ibm/console/NetworkHealth/pages/performance/nmPerformance.jsp | Yes |
| Structure Browser | https://host:port/ibm/console/ncp_structureview/Launch.action? | Yes |
| Web Tools | https://host:port/ibm/console/ncp_webtools/pages/ncp_wt_index.jsp? | Yes |
The following topics explain the URL parameters to use for the different Web applications.