R12.1-2025Jul03

View Auto Qualified Recommended Automation

After the target devices are properly defined, the Data View Template, Runbook Template, Network Intent and Network Intent Cluster will be qualified by the predefined target devices and displayed in Guidebook.

The display results vary with different types of recommended automations:

Data View Template

# Meaning After Clicking
1 The qualified Data View Template associated with the target device(s)

The preview dialog will pop up. You can click Apply to apply this Data View Template to the current map.


    1. The location for the Data View Template (Below is its description)
    2. The tags
    3. The recommended Automation (s)
    4. Click to edit the Data View Template
    5. The preview of applying the data view template to the map
2 The description defined by users when adding Runbook Template or Network Intent to Data View Template. N/A
3 The instance of the respective Runbook Template or Network Intent

The preview dialog will pop up.

  • For Runbook Template: click Add to Current Runbook or Add to New Runbook to add the available Runbook Node(s) into the current or new Runbook


      1. The tags for the Runbook Template
      2. The qualification and description
      3. The Runbook nodes in the Runbook Template

        4. Note: The target device(s) of the Guidebook will be used as the default target device(s) of the Runbook Nodes.

  • For Network Intent：
    1. Click Open Network Intent to activate the NI detail pane.
    2. Click Add to Current Runbook or Add to New Runbook to add the available Network Intent(s) into the current or a new Runbook.

      1. The NI location
      2. The NI name
      3. The last NI status code
      4. The last execution time
      5. The last device status code
        • By clicking Configuration, you can view the most recent config file.
        • By clicking Data Sources, you can view the most recent CLI Command.

Runbook Template


# Meaning After Clicking
1 a dummy node representing all the Runbook Template(s) qualified by the target device(s) N/A
2 the description of each specific Runbook Template N/A
3 the instance of each specific Runbook Template

The preview dialog will pop up.

Click Add to Current Runbook or Add to New Runbook to add the available Runbook Node(s) into the current or new Runbook.

Note: The target device(s) of the Guidebook will be used as the default target device(s) of the Runbook Nodes.

Network Intent and Network Intent Cluster


# Meaning After Clicking
1 A dummy node representing all the Network Intent(s) and Network Intent Cluster(s) qualified by the target device(s) N/A
2 The description of each specific Network Intent and Network Intent Cluster N/A
3 The instance of each specific Network Intent or Network Intent Cluster

The preview dialog will pop up.

  • For Network Intent:
    1. Click Open Network Intent to activate the NI detail pane,
    2. Click Add to Current Runbook or Add to New Runbook to add the available Network Intent(s) into the current or a new Runbook.


  • For Network Intent Cluster:
    1. Select the Network Intent(s)
    2. Click Add to Current Runbook or Add to New Runbook to add the selected Network Intent(s) into the current or a new Runbook.

      1. The location
      2. The filter used to narrow down Network Intents
      3. The tag for Network Intent Cluster

Modify Target Device View Recommended Automation in Predefined Guidebook