Using edit mode to change preferences in the Graph  view

When the Graph view is in edit mode, you use the options in the Graph view Preferences dialog box to select layout options and the indicator icons that you want to display for each object.

Before you begin

To display the Graph view, select any node under the Cloud Resources or Services nodes in the navigation tree, and then click Graph View  in the Operations Console toolbar.

To change Graph view preferences

1. If you are in view mode, click the Preferences button to change to edit mode.
2. In the General pane of the Graph view Preferences dialog box, set the following options:
   1. Select one of the following layout formats as the default when the Graph view is opened:
      • Circular: Groups related objects into circles to help you visualize how the groups are related.
      • Organic: Groups objects according to their relationships with each other, with space between groups.
      • Hierarchic: Arranges objects according to their hierarchy.
      • Orthogonal: Arranges objects in a more compact design with provider components shown perpendicular to their consumer components.
      • Stacked Graph: Displays each layer of the graph hierarchy in a separate pane so that you can more easily see all of the objects in a large scale deployment.
        
        Optionally, select the orientation of the objects, Top to Bottom, Bottom to Top, Right to Left, or Left to Right. Orientation does not apply to the stacked graph layout format.
        
        If you click Run Layout, the vertical and horizontal scroll bars on the view sometimes become inactive. Adjust the zoom level of the image, or resize the browser window to reactivate the scroll bars.
   2. Select how you want the label of the object to be determined, either by the object's name or its short description.
3. Click Topology Graph Options and set the following options:
   
   1. Select the how many levels you want to show by selecting the number of consumer objects and provider objects that you want displayed when the Graph view is opened. You can select a specific number for both consumers and providers or have no limits on the number of levels displayed. The default for Consumers is 1, and the default for Providers is 2.
      If you chose a layout format other than Stacked Graph, set the following additional options.
   2. Select the thickness of the lines that indicate relationships between consumers and providers (Regular Lines), and a component's impact on another component (Impacted Lines).
   3. Select to show numbers for the lines that indicate a component's impact on another component. This number indicates the impact percentage between the two components.
   4. Select if you want to use the status color of the component for the lines that indicate relationships between the components. If this option is not selected, the color of the lines is black.
   5. Select the indicator icons that you want to display for each component.

      • Spotlight: Displays a highlighted circle behind the component. You can set the following options for the spotlight:

        Color	select what you want the color of the spotlight to indicate, either the status or the priority of the object based on the most recent event. The darker the color, the more severe is the status or the more important is the priority.
        Size	select what you want the size of the spotlight to indicate: Priority: the impact priority of the object based on either on its own priority or on the priority of another impacted object which propagates its priority to the parent object SLA: the status of the worst SLA defined for the object Not Being Worked On: the object has events that have not been assigned Direct Events: the object has events directly associated with it, not propagated from other objects
        Brightness	select what you want the brightness of the color associated with the object to indicate: Direct Events: the object has events directly associated with it, not propagated from other objects Not Being Worked On: the object has events that have not been assigned

      • Status icon: the object's current status
      • Priority Icon: the impact priority of the object based on either on its own priority or on the priority of another impacted object which propagates its priority to the parent object
      • Not being worked on: the object has events that have not been assigned
      • Direct Events From Component are Present: the object has events directly associated with it, not propagated from other objects
      • SLAs - Status of Worst Targeted SLA: the status of the worst SLA defined for the object
      • Prediction Event is Present: the object has an event that predicts that its future status will become worse than its current status
      • Substatus: the worst status propagated up from any provider object
4. Perform one of the following actions:
   • Click Apply to save your changes and keep the Graph view Preference dialog box open.
   • Click OK to save your changes and close the Graph view Preferences dialog box.
   • Click Cancel to close the Graph view Preferences dialog box without saving your changes.
5. Click Refresh