HP Netsight manual Creating Network Maps

Creating Network Maps

Figure 6-37. The Node Delete Window

Second, you can cut and paste or move Submap icons, and the links will change accordingly; remember, however, that no map can be a submap to more than one root map. If you try to place multiple submap icons representing the same map, the submap link will change without warning (and the workspace display will update accordingly). See About Submap Icons, page 6-3, and About GoTo Symbols, page 6-4, for more information.

You should use care when removing a submap link entirely. If you remove a submap icon with a Cut command, only the icon (and the link it represents) will be removed; the actual map file remains intact, and can be pasted into another map as a Go To link, if you wish. However, if you use a Delete command (or the Delete key on your keyboard) to remove a submap icon, a prompt window opens, asking if you wish to remove the view. If you select Yes, the .MAP file represented by the submap icon will be deleted, as will the submap icon itself. If you select No, only the submap icon (and the link) will be removed.

If you inadvertently remove a .MAP file along with its submap icon by selecting Yes in the

TIP prompt window, don’t worry. The associated .MRM file will still be in place, and can be re-imported. See Importing an MRM Map, page 6-20, for more information.

Third, when a map window is the current active window, the Edit menu contains an additional, non-standard selection: Paste Special (No IPs). You can use this option to copy and paste single icons or a group of icons without including each icon’s descriptive information. This feature allows you to repeat a pattern of device icons on multiple maps, and still allows you the freedom of assigning the appropriate IP address (and any other descriptive information you need) for each subsequent map.

To use the Paste Special option:

1.Create, open, or activate the appropriate map window(s), if necessary.

2.Use the left mouse button and the Ctrl key (or click and drag) to select the icon or icons whose arrangement you wish to repeat.

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