How do I navigate a map or a diagram?

Interacting with a map or a diagram

Each map or diagram layout comprises various common components, including:

• Palette controls

• Objects

• Object links

• Info panel

See Figure 1-7, Common map layout for a general map overview and Figure 1-8, Common diagram layout for a general diagram overview. You can click anywhere in the white space of a map or diagram and drag it to adjust the viewing area in any direction.

In addition, in maps, you can add filters, change the view, rebuild and reload the map, or find a specific object in the map.

In diagrams, the following actions are available for selected alarm objects:

• (Open affected object) – opens in new browser tab

• (View root causes) – opens in-place

• (View root causes (New Tab)) – opens in new browser tab

Figure 1-7: Common map layout

Note: NEs and routers must be assigned to a region to appear on the map layout. If they are not assigned to a region, they can be manually assigned to one.

Figure 1-8: Common diagram layout

Palette controls

Palette controls are used to adjust the behavior and appearance of maps and diagrams. Available palette controls may vary by content.

Table 1-5: Palette controls

Palette control	Action
Fit to screen	Zoom the map or diagram to fit the selected region to available screen area.
Adjust clustering	Show cluster health. Display or hide region and zone boundaries. Option to move all contained objects when moving a region or zone. Display options for connectors to any NEs/routers that are external to a region or zone: Group external NEs/routers with their immediate parent zone or region; the map displays all connectors to zones or subzones that contain the external NEs. This option shows greater detail. Group external NEs/routers with their top-level region; the map displays a single connector to the region icon. This option shows less detail.
Adjust vertices	Adjust icon size for NEs/routers, zones, and regions. Show/hide text labels for map objects.
Adjust links	Show or hide links between NEs/routers, zones, and regions. Adjust link curvature and threshold.
Map view	Turn on Bird’s-eye View (shows entire map in small inset). Adjust the opacity of the background map.
Zoom	Zoom into and out from the map or diagram.

Objects

In maps, click and drag a region object to change its location, if desired. The existing link(s) between the object being moved and the object(s) staying in place remain intact.

Hovering over any region object in a map displays a partial summary of what is shown in the info panel for that selected object.

Right-clicking a region object displays options that include, for example, showing the object in the network element list or adding it to the watchlist. Why do some views open in new browser tabs? explains the expected browser tab behavior when selecting those options.

In diagrams, hovering over any alarm object displays a partial summary of what is shown in the info panel for that selected alarm.

Object links

In maps, an object link represents the physical link(s) between at least two objects. You can adjust the way links are displayed in maps and diagrams using palette controls; see Table 1-5, Palette controls.

In diagrams, links represent relationships between alarms. For example, as shown in Figure 1-8, Common diagram layout, a RootCause Alarm may be connected to multiple impacted alarm objects, indicating their relationship to each other.

In maps, hovering over a link may display a partial summary of what is shown in the info panel for that selected link.

Right-clicking an object link in a map may display options that include, for example, viewing it in Current Alarms or in the link list. Why do some views open in new browser tabs? explains the expected browser tab behavior when selecting those options.