Navigating Netcool/Impact

How to navigate to Netcool®/Impact components.

When you log on, you see a number of tabs along the top of the UI. The Welcome tab provides information to get you started with Netcool/Impact features.

All the Netcool/Impact components are found in the tabs at the top of the UI. Depending on the user permissions that you are assigned, you have access to some or all of the following Netcool/Impact components.

  • Welcome
  • Data Model
  • Policies
  • Services
  • Operator View
  • Event Isolation and Consolidation
  • Maintenance Window
  • Reports
Tip: You can select the Global project to view all the items in the selected tab.
Click the Reports tab to locate the following reports:
  • Policy Efficiency Report
  • Policy Error Report
  • Operator Efficiency Report
  • Node Efficiency Report
  • Action Error Report
  • Action Efficiency Report
  • Impact ROI Efficiency Report
  • Impact Profile Report
Data Model
Set up a data model for your solution: data sources, data types, data items, and links.
For more information about the data model, see the online help and the Netcool/Impact DSA Reference Guide.
Policies
Create policies to manipulate events and data from your data sources.
For more information about the policies, see the online help and the Netcool/Impact Policy Reference Guide.
Services
Work with services: monitor event sources, send, and receive email notifications, and run policies.
For more information about the services, see the online help.
Operator Views
View events and data in real time and run policies that are based on that data.
For more information about the operator views, see the online help and the Netcool/Impact Operator View Guide.
Reports
View information about your network and network operators, and assess the efficiency of your configuration.
For more information about the reports, see the online help.
Event Isolation and Correlation
You can set up Event Isolation and Correlation to isolate the event that has caused the problem. You can also view the events dependent on the isolated event. For more information about configuring data sources and creating event rules, see the online help and the Netcool/Impact DSA Guide.
For more information about setting up and configuring Event Isolation and Correlation, see the Netcool/Impact Solutions Guide.
Maintenance Window Management
Maintenance Window Management (MWM) is an add-on for managing Netcool/OMNIbus maintenance windows.
For more information about using Maintenance Window Management, see the online help.
For more information about setting up Maintenance Window Management, see the Netcool/Impact Solutions Guide.