Vertices

Vertices is a standard configuration interface for adding, editing, and removing vertices and their properties. Vertices represent devices, SLM services, SLM metrics, and other Unified Assurance elements in the Graph database. You can use vertex properties, consisting of custom name/value pairs, for meta tagging. Certain Unified Assurance components leverage this metadata for display and correlation purposes.

To show existing vertices in the list, use the filter bar to set filters. The search strings are case-sensitive.

See Standard Configuration Interface in Unified Assurance Concepts for information about interacting with the grid and form.

This user interface calls REST methods from the api/graph/vertices endpoints. See REST API for Unified Assurance Core for details.

To open this interface, from the main navigation menu, select Configuration, then Graph, and then Vertices.

To see advanced customization options for vertices, see Topology Customization in Unified Assurance Implementation Guide.

Form Fields

• Name: The name of the vertex, which must be unique within the Graph database.

• Type: The type of vertex. You create vertex types in the Vertex Types UI. When you filter this list while editing or adding a new vertex, the search string is case-sensitive. You cannot change this for a vertex after creating it.

• Vertex Properties: This section contains any additional required properties for the vertex.

  For complex properties that are based on other Unified Assurance data, use properties created using the Property Types UI.

  You can also create new simple text or numeric properties by adding one of the existing properties, selecting its cell in the Name column, and changing the name to a new value.

  Note:

  If you rename an existing property to Name, when you save the vertex, the value you enter for the property replaces any value that you entered in the Name field under Vertex Information.

• Viewers - The additional User Groups that will be able to see this vertex.