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Steve Purcell

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Last name Purcell
Website https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-purcell-b096423/

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To get the current user on an interactive Visio page (top left corner of image), I ended up using the element Custom Properties and an Automation script which updates the custom properties.  I created...

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Hi Jarek, There are a couple things I believe you would need to check, if I understand what you are saying.  I believe you are trying to identify why there are no connections between AppearTV55 and TMux28...

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Hi Alaiin,  For the first part of your question, I believe you should be able to use the VdxPage shape data field (https://docs.dataminer.services/user-guide/Basic_Functionality/Visio/miscellaneous/Making_a_shape_display_a_particular_page_of_the_current_Visio_drawing.html). ...

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Hi Nick, I believe the following Visio example is what you are looking for, where for each parameter shape in the service you want to display just reference the parameter as in the 'Plays' section below....

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Hi James,  I believe what you are trying to do should work, however, your key values may not match.  When I tested it seems that the All Rows uses the Primary Key not the Display Key, when using Single...

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Hi Stefan, after re-reading your question, I believe the following is closer to what you are looking for. The service shape is now displaying the alarms associated with the service.  This is done by...

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Hi Alain,  For the second part of your question I added the following shape data fields to what would be your PID 97 shape (top shape in your group).  You can also create another grouped shape and add...

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Hi Stefan, I was able to get the following to work using two shapes, if it fits your needs.  In the image below, the 26.5% and outside rectangle are the two shapes.  The lower box, display the variable...

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Hi Alexandre, Following are my thoughts on what is happening to your report questions 1 - Was the order you created by moving the columns around or by using a GQI select query? The report will use the...

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Hi A B M, As Miguel stated, I do not believe we can do the correlated alarm off of the Base alarm.  However, would a custom element property work in your case.  Where you can set a custom property on...

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Hi Thijs,  I have the following available for download and the Miro board for viewing, however, if you have a Miro account, you should be able to make a copy and use the layout, let me know if you have...

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Hi Pedro, I tried reproducing the issue you are seeing; however, I am not seeing the jitter/flicker on the horizontal lines when the dashboard elements are viewed in cube. I am wondering if the issue...

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Hi Ken, at the moment, it looks like this is not possible as referenced in the manual, https://docs.dataminer.services/user-guide/Basic_Functionality/Alarms/Working_with_alarms/Working_with_the_Alarm_Console/Changing_the_layout_of_the_Alarm_Console.html...

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Hi Jarek, For the Line & Chart area to function it needs to be aware of Parameter, Element, Timeframe and if a table parameter, then Index also. Following is a screenshot with the parameters necessary,...

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Hi Marco, I had a similar situation, where we needed to get around different settings between C/L Band readings using the same physical Decimator.  To get around the setting differences, we created a...

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Hi Daniel, I was able to use the following key generation method using powershell on Windows to get scp file transfer working between DMA and Linux.  It might work for you also, let us know. https://chrisjhart.com/Windows-10-ssh-copy-id/

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Hi Nuril,  One way to accomplish this would be to: Have a Visio page on the specific element(s) showing the data you want to show in the hover popup using Info or Parameter shape data.  Then on...

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Hi Stefan,  I have an example on our demo system if you can access https://Ziine.skyline.be then under Staging\SPU\SLC-TV\Services you will see a Visio example based on Services in a view.  The ChildrenSort...

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Final solution thanks to Ronalds's input... User selects initial timeframe from time control buttons at top of page, then zooms in on desired full rotation from top trend line.  This selection then gets...

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Hi Sam, It does no look like we can use the Hide/Show function with the Element Description field.  However, as a work around, you can create a custom property (right click element and select properties,...

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Hi Daniel, Using the Property tag in this way would require you to have a custom property 'CANAL_PLUS_TXP' on the element set to the idx value of the table row you are referencing, in this case 'ASI Switch...

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Hi Vishal,  I just tested this out on my local system.  The first trap received was without the Lookup Table being populated.  I then added a row for my trap OID, added a Display Value of 'TestLookup'...

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Hi Dan, I believe what you are looking for is sending an email from a correlation: https://docs.dataminer.services/user-guide/Advanced_Modules/Correlation/Adding_rule_actions/Sending_an_email.html In...

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Hi Bhavana, It sounds like you are looking for the Time To Live (TTL) settings https://docs.dataminer.services/user-guide/Advanced_Functionality/Databases/Specifying_TTL_overrides.html You may also want...

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Hi Ive, Could you use a Visio page control rather than an Automation script? Such as explained here: https://docs.dataminer.services/user-guide/Basic_Functionality/Visio/turning_shapes_into_controls/Making_a_shape_filter_Alarm_Console_tabs_when_clicked.html

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Hi James, As far as I know Surveyor will always display alphabetically. Two options: 1 - Add a numerical before the Alias Name (1-Decoder, 2-Encoder, 3-Monitor, etc.) for your workflow. 2 - Create...

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Hi Steve, The Alarm Console Audible alarms work off an Active Filtered Tab being opened with the saved filter applied to the tab.  It sounds like you are working from the Active Alarm tab, so when changing...

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Expanding on the answer above, our user needed to use an elements parameter lookup and a custom property value for the calculation.  We put together the attached automation script 'CustomProperty-DivideColumns.xml'...

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Hi Jarek, Not sure if this will provide all you are asking for, however, if you select the dashboard background, then select settings.  Under Dashboard configuration you can choose the enable 'Allow...

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Hi Jarek, The following link will open a PowerPoint file with screen shots of the Node Edge settings used in our demo.  Let me know if you have any problems accessing. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13MzQMZpaltrSPVdGDZLZlNXrAHH9pLfI/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107671039013219446320&rtpof=true&sd=true

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Hi Sam, I believe what you are looking for is using a separate shape which is colored to the same as your background and set as the top-level (bring to front) shape for each alarm LED which will hide when...

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Hi Pedro, I just tried on my system with the Newtec M6100 connector and elements added to my system.  However, the elements showed up in the Redundancy Group pick list. I am running version 10.3.8.0-13183. ...

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