HP Netsight manual Changing the Layout of Map Objects, Adding Notes to Multiple Nodes

Creating Network Maps

Adding Notes to Multiple Nodes

You can also add the same note to multiple node icons simultaneously via the Multi-Node Properties window. Doing so will overwrite any existing notes attached to the selected nodes, without warning.

To add a single note to multiple selected nodes:

1.Open and activate the view which contains the nodes to which you’d like to add a shared note, and use shift-clickor ctrl-clickto select the appropriate nodes. (Or, if you’re using a Map View, you can click and drag to select multiple icons.)

2.In the primary window menu bar, select Edit—>Properties.

or

In the toolbar, click Properties icon. or

Right-clickon the selected device, then select Properties from the resulting menu.

3.Enter the desired notes text in the Notes field available on the General Properties tabbed page. As illustrated in Figure 6-29, text entered in this Notes field will also be displayed in the Object Notes window and the Properties window for each individual selected node.

Notes added via the Multi-Node Properties window will overwrite any existing notes on the selected nodes, without warning. Once you have added a note to multiple nodes, it will be displayed in each individual node’s Properties and Object Note windows; you cannot display it in the Multi-Node Properties window, however, unless the same group of nodes (or a subset of them) is selected.

You can also change the poll settings for multiple nodes; see Editing Poll Settings for

TIP Multiple Nodes in Chapter 4, List Views, for more information.

Changing the Layout of Map Objects

NetSight Element Manager provides a variety of layout tools that allow you to arrange node icons, symbols, and all other map elements with the click of a mouse. You can layer objects; align a group of selected objects by left edge, right edge, top, or bottom; re-size objects to match the controlling object’s height, width, or both; space selected objects evenly (either horizontally or vertically); arrange selected objects in a grid pattern; or even create a ring of objects. Each of these features is described below.

The Layout Tools are available both via the Map and Alignment Toolbars (see

Figure 6-20, page 6-27) and the Layout menu on the primary window menu bar; these options will only be active when a map window is active.

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