To use the NFM-P clipboard

When to use

You can use the NFM-P clipboard to copy property form identifiers for the following:

  • property forms

  • statistics forms

  • objects in list forms

  • objects in the navigation tree

  • problems encountered notifications

A property form identifier is a unique internal address that the NFM-P assigns to a form. Property form identifiers are copied to the clipboard using the Clipboard icon or by selecting the Copy to Clipboard option from a contextual menu.

You can use the NFM-P clipboard to open forms, send identifiers to other users, configure search filters, and search for objects or create physical links on the topology map.

When you copy items from a list or from the navigation tree, you can copy multiple items at one time. For other NFM-P clipboard functions, only one item at a time is copied.

Each time a property form identifier is copied to the clipboard, the previous clipboard contents are replaced.

Steps
 
1 

To copy property form identifiers to the NFM-P clipboard, perform one of the following:

  1. Copy objects from a list. Select one or more items in the list and click Copy to Clipboard.

  2. Copy objects from the navigation tree.

    1. Expand the tree as required.

    2. Select one or more objects from the tree. The Copy to Clipboard icon is activated.

      Objects with no properties do not activate the Copy to Clipboard icon (for example, the Fans parent object). If multiple selected objects include an object without properties, the Copy to Clipboard icon is not activated.

    3. Click the Copy to Clipboard icon.

      Alternatively, you can use the contextual menu for single objects or multiple objects that are at the same level in the tree.

  3. Copy a property form identifier from a form.

    1. Open the required form.

    2. Right-click on the title bar for the form and choose Copy Property Form Identifier.

      Alternatively, you can choose Application→Copy Property Form Identifier from the NFM-P main menu.

  4. Copy a property form identifier from a tab.

    1. Open the required tab.

    2. Right-click on the tab and choose Copy Property Form Identifier. The property form identifier link is copied to the clipboard.

      Alternatively, you can choose Application→Copy Property Form Identifier from the NFM-P main menu.

2 

To open a property form from the clipboard, perform one of the following:

  1. Use the Go To Property Form menu item.

    1. Choose Application→Go To Property Form from the NFM-P main menu. The Go To Property Form window opens.

    2. Click Paste. The clipboard contents appear in the Identifier field.

      The most recent information copied to the system clipboard is pasted, even if it is not a property form identifier. If you use the system clipboard to copy text or other types of information after you copy a property form identifier, the identifier is no longer available.

      If the clipboard contains multiple objects, only the first object is pasted.

      You can use this method to open a specific tab, if a tab was used to save the property form identifier.

    3. Click OK or Apply. The properties form for the object opens.

  2. Use the Clipboard window.

    1. Choose Application→Clipboard from the NFM-P main menu. The Clipboard window opens.

    2. Select an object and click View Object. The properties form for the object opens.

      Use this method to open the property form for an NE. To open a specific tab, use the method described in Step 2 a .

      The clipboard window shows the most recent property form identifiers copied to the NFM-P clipboard. Property form identifiers are preserved in the clipboard window even when the system clipboard is subsequently used for other types of information. However, they are replaced when new property form identifiers are copied to the NFM-P clipboard.

3 

To send the clipboard contents to other users on the NFM-P server, see To send a text message to other NFM-P users . You can also paste the clipboard contents into another application.

4 

To use the clipboard for configuring advanced search filters, see To perform an advanced search from an object list form .

5 

To create physical links, see To create a physical link .

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