Enabling visualization of logical groups

If you enable this feature, logical groups such as subnets can be expanded and collapsed in the Network Views.

About this task

If the SubGraph property of a Network View is disabled, membership of logical groups is shown by dashed lines connecting entities to a blank oval, which represents the logical group. If the SubGraph property of a Network View is enabled, entities in logical groups are shown surrounded by a rectangular border, which can be collapsed into a cloud.

The SubGraph property can only be set on Network Views of type Collection.

The SubGraph property of a Network View can be enabled or disabled when creating or editing a network view. The option to enable or disable the SubGraph property only appears in the GUI if the visualization of logical groups has first been enabled by an administrator.

To enable the visualization of logical groups, complete the following tasks.

Procedure

  1. Back up the /opt/ibm/netcool/gui/precision_gui/profile/etc/tnm/topoviz.properties file.
  2. Add or edit the following line: topoviz.collection.subgraph.enable=true.
  3. Save and close the file.