Choose Tools→Bulk Operations from the NFM-P main menu. The Bulk Operations form opens.

Open the Create Bulk Change form by performing one of the following steps.

1. Click Create.

2. To create a bulk change by copying values from an existing bulk change:

   1. Choose an existing bulk change and click Properties. The Bulk Change (Edit) form opens.

   2. Click Copy.

Configure the general parameters and click Next. The Specify the filter form opens.

To specify a filter, perform one of the following.

1. Create a filter.

   1. Click on the Attribute drop-down menu and select an option.

   2. Click on the Function drop-down menu and select an option.

   3. Click on the Value drop-down menu and select or enter an option.

   4. Click Add. The options are displayed in the filter panel.

   5. Select AND or OR from the Operators drop-down menu. Repeat 1 to 4 to add more options.

   6. Click Save. The Save Filter form opens.

   7. Configure the general parameters.

   8. Click Save. The Save Filter form closes.

2. Load a filter.

   1. Click Saved Filters. The Saved Filters form opens.

   2. Select a saved filter and click Load. The Saved Filters form closes and the loaded filter is displayed in the filter panel.

Configure the filter criteria. Creating a filter that contains the attributes that you want to change can limit the number of objects generated for the bulk change.

Click Count to determine the number of network objects that are affected, based on the filter.

Click View to list the target objects. The Filtered List form opens.

Click Search. A list of target objects is displayed.

Click Next. The Specify the attributes form opens.

Double-click on the attribute or attribute group in the attribute tree panel that you want to include in the bulk change. The attribute or attribute group appears in the display panel.

If you included an attribute or attribute group that you want to exclude from the bulk change, you can remove it by clicking the Remove X icon in the display panel.

Perform one of the following for each listed attribute, as required.

1. Enter a value in the attribute field. The drop-down menu changes from Unchanged to Set, which means that the attribute changes to the new value when you execute the bulk change.

2. Choose Default from the drop-down menu to specify that the attribute is to change to the default value when you execute the bulk change.

3. Choose Clear from the drop-down menu. Depending on the object type, the attribute value is cleared or set to the default value when you execute the bulk change.

Click Next. The Change review form opens.

Configure the required parameters and click Finish.

Select the View the newly created Bulk Change check box to view the bulk change after closing the form, if required.

Click Close.

To create more Bulk Changes, repeat Step 2 to Step 15 .

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