The following table lists the properties of a variable after it is placed on a device/interface position.

Property

Description

Display Conditions
(variable level)

Set conditions to control when to display a variable in a data view.

The default value - Always Display, indicating the current variable will be displayed under any circumstances.

If you select an option variable as a condition, then the current variable will be only displayed when the value of the selected variable is:

oNon-empty (for string type)

oNot equal to 0 (for number type)

oequal to true (for boolean type)

Note: Whether a supporting variable of the current data view template can be selected to define the display conditions depending on the selected position. Both device-level variables and input variables apply to device positions; interface-level variables only apply to interface positions.

Note: Table-type and list-type variables cannot be used as conditions.

Display Settings

Modify the display setting of a variable for a clear understanding.

Prefix — a label added in front of the variable to help understand the meaning of the variable on a map.

Unit — a unit added after the variable as measurements on a map. For example, % and kbps.

Table Title — the name of the table type parser variables displayed on a map.

Select Table Variables — clear the check box to exclude some unwanted sub-variables from the table-type variable or modify the default display name of some sub-variable.

Dynamic Golden Baseline Calculation Enabled

Enable or disable the dynamic golden baseline calculation for the variable.

This is a sample screenshot:

Note: This setting only applies to parser variables.

Condition
(for drill-down actions)

Show the conditions to control when to recommend a drill-down action on a map.

Always (default) indicates the action will be displayed on a map under any circumstances.

Golden Baseline Alert indicates the action will only be displayed on a map when this variable has alerts compared with Golden Baseline.

If you select an option variable as a condition, then the action will be only displayed when the value of the selected variable is:

oNon-empty (for string type)

oNot equal to 0 (for number type)

oequal to true (for boolean type)

Note: Whether a supporting variable of the current data view template can be selected to define the display condition for a drill-down action depends on the selected position. Interface variables cannot be selected to define the condition for a device-level drill-down action; while device variables can be selected to define the condition for an interface-level drill-down action.

Note: Table-type and list-type variables cannot be used as conditions.

Drill-down Actions

The name of the drill-down actions correlated with the variable. Each variable can correlate with multiple drill-down actions.

Input

Configure the input of the action so that it can directly run on a map. See Syntax for Defining Action Input for more details.

Target Devices

Configure the device scope to run the action. See Syntax for Defining Target Device for more details.

Description

Describe the drill-down action about its function or purpose.

 

See also:

Input Variable

Compound Variable