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Within the ChildrenOptions shape data, you can specify the value Recursive. More info here.

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The dark blue line represents data that is already written to the database, and queried from the database at regular time intervals. The light blue line represents real-time parameter updates. In other...

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Yes, there are 2 ways of doing so. Through the header bar Enable the application header bar and add a new header option (+ sign). Add an 'On click' event and choose your Automation script Through a...

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When you right-click in one of the mail text fields (eg 'Subject' or 'Message'), you can choose to insert placeholders. Perhaps you could distinguish both events by using the [severitylevel] or [type]...

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Hi Edson, Getting the same error when replicating your script. Don't have an immediate solution, but perhaps you could consider to not work with a script dummy at all, and just pass a json string in...

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Hi Emmanuel, For your first table: In the pie chart 'Settings' menu, you'll need to assign a 'Label' and 'Segment Size' field, which should make the chart appear as expected. For the second table:...

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Communication between client (Cube) and server is based on .NET Remoting technology. This can be done through either an 'eventing' or 'polling' mechanism. With 'eventing' - which is the default - the...

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I believe by default the hosting agent is automatically determined based on the elements included in the service. Via the service template CSV file, you can assign an agent by adding a “forceDMA”...

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This was solved by re-adding '<computername>\Users' with the correct permissions to the list of Security groups for C:\Skyline DataMiner. Most likely sharing that folder messed with the settings....

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Configuring the exact start and end time on a Cube trend graph is currently not possible. A new feature to do so has already been requested and accepted, and is currently awaiting integration. It should...

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Can you try to define following shape data on the sub-shape: Label: Options Value: NoCopyElementProperty

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In addition to the global permission flag (see Bert's post), we also have the option to hide element pages based on a parameter value within that element. Obviously it's not the intention to start implementing...

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Hi Mieke, In the GQI query which fetches the DOM instances, you can add a filter on the 'Created' column, and select the 'Use Feed' option. This will allow you to do filtering based on the active selection...

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Through the 'Mulitple Set' menu, you are able to set a parameter value on multiple elements in one go. The menu is accessible by right-clicking an element in the Surveyor, and choosing 'Multiple set'...

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You can add following shape data to the shape: Options OpenInNewCard

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Hi Bruno, You can do so by adding an extra shape data 'Page' to the shape which you linked to the element. The value of that shape data should be set to data:<page name> So in case you have a...

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Investigation showed the port was in use by another non-DataMiner process running on that server.

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As an alternative to dynamic child shapes, you could make use of a list view component, and configure it to show DataMiner Services. Following section in the Help contains more details: https://help.dataminer.services/dataminer/#t=DataMinerUserGuide%2Fpart_2%2Fvisio%2FCreating_a_list_view.htm

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This is by design. Capping of a service element alarm severity has no effect on the service impact field of alarms generated by that service element.

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Would adding another filter line with 'Alarm Type' = 'Dropped from Critical', in combination with the one you already defined, solve your issue? When you say: "An alarm that is or was in Critical state,...

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It is possible to link a shape to the summary alarm state of one/multiple table row(s) or a table column in the following way: One or more rows The maximum alarm level for one or more rows can be shown...

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This can be found in the description of the 'slenumvalues' table, listed in https://help.dataminer.services/dataminer/#t=DataMinerUserGuide%2Fpart_3%2Fdatabases%2FStructure_of_the_central_database.htm...

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This could be caused by some corrupted dll files (eg due to a Windows update). From our development team, I received these instructions when faced with the same exception. Note that this is a potential...

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I remember a situation where a severe memory leak in one of the the AV processes running on the DataMiner server caused unexpected restarts of our software every few weeks. Therefore, if you know there's...

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The delay between the moment the issue occurs at the side of the equipment/data source, and the moment DataMiner receives and processes that data, will indeed determine how fast a software redundancy switch...

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Exception values should never be taken into account for calculation of average trend entries. It's currently under investigation why this is occurring.

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In the DOM Definition, you can define which field should be used as 'Name' for each instance. The value of that field will then automatically be shown in the dropdown menu. If no 'Name' is specified,...

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Solved. Debug flag in request needed to be set to 'True'.

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Does the system have the required licensing flag 'Low Code Apps' enabled?

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Hi André, it seems like you might be running against the default threshold of 20 elements. Please have a look at the instructions in this post, and let us know if that works for you: Service creation...

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Hi, you can do so by letting the script send a 'BroadCastPopupRequestMessage', in which you can specify the users and/or user groups that need to be notified. Code example below, including a countdown...

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Hi Hugo, You can make use of the 'RegexReplace' placeholder to apply a regular expression to the service property, without making use of an autoamtion script. This is documented in Placeholders for variables...

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Hi, You probably won't be able to add the icon on a drawing as a separate shape. You could include a ParameterControl shape on the drawing though, which will display the parameter in the exact same way...

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Editing/Deleting of tokens is indeed not yet supported, but already on the backlog for future implementation.

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Another solution without making use of a protocol, is to launch an automation script when the Visio drawing is opened. The script performs an SLNet call to retrieve the online DMA, and pushes the result...

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Hi, In order to make this work, you need a combination of following shape data on the child shapes (= buttons on which you applied the 'Execute' shape data): Enabled True Options NoCopyElementProperty...

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In case it's purely a matter of visualization, you could launch an automation script in the background whenever the Visio drawing is opened. The script calculates the weighted SLA average and pushes it...

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Hi, can you try to add an 'Options' shape data field with value 'FullElementState'.

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That's correct. You can indeed configure how a child object within a service should influence the alarm state of its parent service, through the options below. In your case, you likely capped it to 'Normal'....

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Alarming on detection of anomalies cannot be configured through the alarm template in the 10.0 main release (see RN24529 for more details). The System Center analytics config tab page has been added since...

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In short, every 5 minutes DataMiner will write an entry into the database, containing the average, minimum and maximum of the real-time trend entries (= all unique parameter values) generated over the...

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I believe what is shown in the screenshot below is more or less what you're looking for. Whenever a search term ('NatGeo' in the example) is entered in the filter box, the service shapes with a matching...

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In case a shape is already linked to a virtual function resource, you can use the 'Info' shape data field with value "Resource name" to display the name of the associated resource. Such linking will for...

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Below a visual of the satellite downlink use case described by Emmanuel.

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Hi, you can use the BookingData Visual Overview component, which lists the nodes, resources and profile parameter values included in the booking. Note that this component is still in soft-launch though.

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It is possible to link a shape to the summary alarm state of one/multiple table row(s) or an entire table column in the following way (see Help). One or more rows The maximum alarm level for one or more...

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Two options which involve some (minor) driver development. Let the driver add a 'Transponder' or 'Frequency' alarm property to each generated alarm, and then use this property to group within the correlation...

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Hi Bernard, Out of the box, Grafana supports integrating data from an Elasticsearch db, so the short answer is 'Yes'. A few considerations have to be made though. The DataMiner Elasticsearch db is...

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Gave this a try, and looks like it's possible to combine the 'VdxPage' shape data - which will launch the popup - with the SetVar shape data - which will set the session variable. Within the SetVar shape...

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Besides the default DataMiner security settings, which also apply to Visio shapes, we have the possibility to perform shape actions based on the logged in user name, user group or client MAC address....

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With mobile access I assume you refer to web access? In the Group permissions (System Center > Users / Groups > Groups > Permissions) , you can disable the 'DataMiner web apps' security flag.

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Hi, This should be possible through the ParametersSummary shape data. From DataMiner 9.6.7 onwards, it is possible to refer to several rows, a column, or a full table. For instance, to refer to all...

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Hi Mieke, The default time range the component should apply when initially loading the dashboard can be configured through its 'Settings' > 'General' > 'Default Range' menu.

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Hi Bernard, I have no issues getting the property placeholder to work with a shape linked to a view. On the child view, create a property 'ParentView' (or similar), with the name of its parent view...

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Can you confirm the interfaces (including guids) of the Decoding and Descrambling system functions (parents) and RX1290 functions are identical? If not, the RX1290 functions will not be assigned to the...

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In case there is no specific reason for letting clients 'attach' to the pop-up, perhaps a BroadCastPopupRequestMessage is the better choice here?

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Hi Elvio, As Ben mentions, there is quite a lot to take into account when considering to mask a service. That said, I believe the services you are referring to are quite static and include full elements,...

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Hi Bruno, I've had problems in the past using placeholders within an 'InitVar' shape data. It might not actually be fully supported... Would be good if someone from the dev squads could confirm. In any...

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There might be better solutions, but if you want a quick one: In the Visio shape, replace the ?1 in your URL with ?[DataMinerTime] That placeholder will updated every second. As the URL is each time...

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One thing keep in mind: in case you're dealing with a big cluster and VEEAM - or any other tool for that matter - transfers the backup files to an external network location, make sure to spread out the...

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If you're ok with using a server-side filter, I believe it should be possible through the 'TableRowFilter' shape data. In there, you can use the 'fullFilter=' syntax, which supports OR-statements. More...

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The Visual Overview drawing itself cannot directly drive the coloring of a View, but if you first create a DataMiner Service which includes the same parameters you're showing on the Visual Overview drawing,...

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Hi Hugo, I'm replying in a new post so that I can include a screenshot, and because there are multiple things at play here, that require an explanation... The "z" part of the shape data will replace...

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The 'LinkOptions' shape data should allow you to specify the dimensions of the popup window.

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Can you please check if the button works when you add following shape data - in addition to 'ParameterControl' - on the shape? Label: ParameterControlOptions Value: IncludeWrite

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Also each of the interfaces within the child function needs to have the same id (guid) as its counterpart in the parent function. Can you verify if this is the case?

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Names of elements, services, redundancy groups, templates and folders Names may not start or end with the following characters: . (dot) space Names may not contain the following characters: / (slash)...

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In addition to the already proposed solutions, there is also the possibility to work with an enhanced service. In case you assign a service protocol to the service, you can expose a parameter which holds...

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If you make sure following shape data is present on the sub-shape, it should work: Field: Element Value: * Alternatively, if you want to completely get rid of the 'Element' shape data on the sub-shape,...

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