Specifications

Chapter 7 Grouping Units
To define custom fields:
NOTE: You must have Software Administrator or Appliance Administrator access to define custom fields.
1. Click the Units tab.
2. Click Custom Field Labels in the side navigation bar. The Unit Custom Field Labels window will open.
3. For each custom field, type the 1-64 character name for the first custom field label. The first and second level custom
fields for units will appear under this heading in the side navigation bar; all other custom fields will not appear in the
side navigation bar but may be displayed in the content area by clicking Customize and adding the field.
4. Click Save.
The Custom Field Labels name will continue to appear in the side navigation bar until you associate the custom label with
a unit.
To associate a custom label with a unit:
1. In a Units View window click on a unit. The Unit Overview window will open.
2. Click Properties in the side navigation bar and then click Custom Fields. The Unit Custom Fields window will open.
3. In the each field, type the 1-64 character name to associate with the corresponding label. You may also leave the field
blank.
4. Click Save and then click Close. The Appliance - All window will open. The side navigation bar will include the names
of the defined and associated custom fields.
7.3 Unit Groups
Unit groups may be used to organize units. You may create nested unit groups (unit groups within unit groups) to organize
units hierarchically. Units may belong to multiple groups. For example, you may have a switch that belongs to two global
groups and three personal groups.
There are two types of unit groups: global and personal. A global unit group can be viewed by any user logged into the
DTX Control software. A personal unit group may only be viewed by the person who created it. Up to 32 personal unit
groups may be created by a user.
There are two top-level system-defined unit group containers: global root and personal root. These group containers
cannot be deleted. They can contain other unit groups, but not individual units. All global unit groups are descendents of
global root. All personal unit groups are descendents of personal root.
There is also a system-defined unit group named Unassigned, which is a descendent of the global root. This unit group
automatically contains all units that are not assigned to any other global unit groups. This group cannot be deleted, and
you cannot add subgroups (children) to the Unassigned unit group.
Global unit groups may only be created, modified or deleted by users with DTX Control administrator, user administrator
or appliance administrator privileges. The global root, personal root and unassigned unit groups cannot be deleted.
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