Diagrams Navigation

This text covers the details of the Diagrams navigation pane in the main user interface.

What is a Diagram?

A Diagram is a custom made map containing the information that a user would like to see. Diagrams are highly customizable, and as such, are able to show as much or as little information that should be displayed to a user.

Assure1's Diagram Engine provides all of the diagram editing and display capabilities within the software. The Diagram Engine is also multi-tenant ready, allowing unique, real-time views of data in whatever manner is useful. The Diagram Engine provides the following features:

• Intuitive, embedded diagram editor with drag-and-drop assembly.

• Diagram version control and cloning capabilities.

• Real-time widgets for events and metrics including gauges and graphs.

• Support for right-click custom menus and tools for event and metric widgets.

• Multi-tenancy functionality supported for customized views.

• Dynamic Device diagram templates reduce administration.

Diagrams can draw in a wide range of performance metrics, event data, SLM data, and topology data from underlying systems, and are configurable to serve the needs of a wide-ranging set of users from CIOs and CTOs to NOC managers, NOC operators, customers, etc.

How do I create a Diagram?

The following interfaces are used to create a diagram:

• Configuration -> Diagrams -> Diagrams

• Configuration -> Diagrams -> Diagram Groups

• Configuration -> Diagrams -> Menus

• Configuration -> Diagrams -> Tools

Diagrams Navigation Explained

When the Diagrams navigation pane is displayed, the users will see the Diagram Group that has been assigned as the user groups Restrictive Diagram Group, and any Diagrams that are in the group. The user will also see child Diagram Groups and any Diagrams in the child groups. For example, using this layout:

• Root (Diagram Group)

  • Diagram Group 1

    • Diagram Group 3

      • Diagram E

      • Diagram F

    • Diagram C

  • Diagram Group 2

    • Diagram D

  • Diagram A

  • Diagram B

If the user group's restrictive diagram group is set to Root, they will see the entire layout above.

However, if the user group's restrictive diagram group is set to Diagram Group 1, they will see Diagram C as it is a member of Diagram Group 1, but they will also see Diagram Group 3, Diagram E and Diagram F.