NetDoc Wizards
Documentation Wizards
The wizards accessible from the
NetDoc
Main Page are designed to minimize the data entry
involved in documenting multiple network components at the same time. Each wizard can be
used to build several identifiers in the same location, so you can create default information that
remains the same for all components being built at that time.
From the
NetDoc
Main Page, you can directly access these wizards:
Horizontal Link AutoNumbering Wizard
Asset AutoNumbering Wizard
Backbone AutoNumbering Wizard
Termination Hardware AutoNumbering Wizard
The wizards allow you to quickly set up multiple records for the component type, using as
simple or as complex a naming or numbering scheme as you wish.
Some examples:
You could set up a numbering sequence as simple as
1-1, 1-2
, or
A-1, A-2,
etc.
At the other extreme, you could set up a numbering sequence with up to 10 numbers or
characters, separated by spaces or special characters where the first one might like this:
EM-1A_123/A-1 C-a\1 1
and the last in the series would be:
EM-5C_333/J-9 E-p\9.
Each wizard includes
View Sample
to see how your numbering scheme would look, as well as a
Preview
button to let you see all the items listed out before you save them in the database.
The naming/numbering feature of these wizards all function in the same way. Other information
entered into the wizard is specific to the particular component type.
Port Naming Wizard
A fifth documentation wizard — the
Port Naming Wizard
— can be accessed on either the
Ports tab of the
Assets
screen or the
Port Positions
tab of the
Termination Hardware
screen.
This wizard allows you to generate or rename all ports on a given asset, though you can still
rename any port individually.
The Port Naming Wizard operates in the same general way as the other four documentation
wizards, except that it allows for only 5 (rather than 10) separate components of a
naming/numbering scheme.
Recommendation:
Wizards should be used properly and carefully so nothing within your
documentation is altered in any manner. It’s a good idea to underestimate the number of
components needed and use the wizards to document in
small blocks of items
. By doing so, the
individuals documenting can verify all is being documented correctly in all areas of the
application as intended. Since the wizards don’t complete everything needed, by creating small
blocks of components at a time the user can go through the application quickly to complete the
needed documentation. See the warning below for additional reasons for these recommendations.
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