Visualizing devices in tabular layout

You can display the Network Health View and Network Views in a tabular layout. Displaying topology maps in tabular layout enables filtering and sorting of topology data.

In addition to the graphical views of your topology provided within the Network Health View and Network Views, you can also display the topology map in tabular layout.

Restriction: The following restrictions apply to the tabular layout:
  • Network hop views cannot be displayed in tabular layout.
  • The tabular layout lists nodes but does not display connections between network nodes. To view network connections, choose a different layout, such as symmetric or orthogonal.
  • No hover help information is provided when you move your mouse over a node in the tabular layout. To view device hover help, choose a different layout, such as symmetric or orthogonal.
  • When switching between tabular layout and other layouts, changes to device selection and column layout are not preserved.
  • The tabular layout V4.2 Fix Pack 5: can be exported as a Comma-Separated Values (CSV) file, but cannot be printed or saved as an image. To print the view, choose a different layout, such as symmetric or orthogonal.

To display the topology map in a tabular layout, complete the following steps.

  1. From the Network Health View or Network Views, click Tabular layout Tabular Layout button to display the topology map in table form.
    The following toolbar items are present when the network view is presented in tabular layout.
    Refresh Refresh
    Refreshes the view. By default, the view refreshes every 20 seconds.
    Save Save button
    Saves the view or view container. This button appears only when a view is displayed.
    Hierarchical Layout Hierarchical Layout button
    Changes the format of the view to a hierarchical layout. This option is not available for views that cannot contain connectivity information, such as Unassigned network views.
    Symmetric Layout Symmetric Layout button
    Changes the format of the view to a symmetric layout. This option is not available for views that cannot contain connectivity information, such as Unassigned network views.
    Orthogonal Layout Orthogonal Layout button
    Changes the format of the view to an orthogonal layout. This option is not available for views that cannot contain connectivity information, such as Unassigned network views.
    Circular Layout Circular Layout button
    Changes the format of the view to a circular layout. This option is not available for views that cannot contain connectivity information, such as Unassigned network views.
    Grid Layout Grid Layout button
    Changes the format of the view to a grid layout. This option is only available for views that cannot contain connectivity information, such as Unassigned views.
    Tabular Layout Tabular Layout button
    Changes the format of the view to a tabular layout. This option is not available for views that cannot contain connectivity information, such as Unassigned network views.
    Help Toolbar help button
    Displays help for the portlet.
    Export as CSV Exports the contents of the tabular view in Topoviz
    Exports the current view to a downloaded Comma-Separated Values (CSV) file. The file contains the information about the devices that are displayed. If you export from the tabular layout, the exported data is in the same order as in the table, and is filtered using the same filters that are applied to the table. If you export from another view, the order of the data is undefined, and includes every device in the view. V4.2 Fix Pack 12: In Fix Pack 11 and earlier versions, the Export as CSV button is displayed only if you have write access to the view. In Fix Pack 12 and later versions, by default the button is always displayed. The administrator can revert to the Fix Pack 11 behavior by setting topoviz.table.export.allow.always property in the topoviz.properties file to false.
    Pause Table View Pause button
    Prevents the view from refreshing.
    Tools Tools menu button
    Displays the context menu options for the device. These options are the same as in the right-click menu in other layouts. There is no right-click menu in the tabular layout.
    Filter
    Filter the contents of the table by entering a string in the Filter field and pressing the Return key. Delete the string to clear the filter.
    For example, to find all rows that contain the string "snmp", type snmp. The search is case insensitive.
    Note: If the table layout is refreshed by the system due to a change in data contained in the table, for example, updates to the Maximum Severity column, then the filter is reapplied before the refreshed view is displayed.
    Restriction: You cannot use wildcard characters such as * or regular expressions in the Filter.
  2. Sort and resize table columns using the following controls. Any settings made are valid for this session only.
    Sort Column
    Click the column header to sort that column in ascending order. Click the column a second time to sort the column in descending order. Further clicks toggle the column between descending and ascending order.
    Resize a column
    Click and drag the vertical line separator to the right of the column heading.
  3. V4.2 Fix Pack 5: Move columns by dragging them to the desired location.
  4. V4.2 Fix Pack 5: Ask your administrator if you need to add or change the columns that are displayed.
    For more information on how to configure the columns that are displayed in the tabular layout, see Configuring column display in the tabular view.