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RE: [nv-l] Custom Menu Functionality from NV Event List

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Subject: RE: [nv-l] Custom Menu Functionality from NV Event List
From: "DiIulio, Daniel" <Daniel.DiIulio@DigitalNet.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 12:25:42 -0500
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Thanks Jane,
 
Can you tell me which log files to check?  Thanks,
 
Dan

        -----Original Message----- 
        From: Jane Curry [mailto:jane.curry@skills-1st.co.uk] 
        Sent: Wed 3/12/2003 11:52 AM 
        To: DiIulio, Daniel; NetView mailing list 
        Cc: 
        Subject: Re: [nv-l] Custom Menu Functionality from NV Event List
        
        

        Daniel,
        I have found that, provided there weren't any errors in my MenuBar.xml
        and Action.xml files, they appear automatically in the Web Console
        Security application as options that you can select or deselect for a
        particular role.  I don't think I even needed to bounce any daemons - I
        believe the Web Console Security application reads all the relevant 
files.
        
        If you don't see you new options, I would start by checking the
        modifications again and also check log files.
        
        Cheers,
        Jane
        
        DiIulio, Daniel wrote:
        
        >Hello All,
        >
        >In the 7.1.3 for Unix release notes under the section entitled 
'Customizing the Web Console Menu' outlines the process for adding menu items 
to the menu bar.  It provides an example to add two menu items (Ovobjprint and 
MIB System Group), on pg.2.
        >
        >The steps to accomplish this are pretty straight forward (editing 
MenuBar.xml to add the appropriate lines for both items), which I've done.  I'm 
struggling with Step number 3 'Use the Web Console Security application to add 
these two new actions to the roles that you want to contain them'.  I can't 
seem to find the option for me to do that within the Web Console Security 
utility.  I can add a user, define roles for users, add new roles, etc. - but 
can't seem to find where or how to add a menu item?  I can see the list of 
options/controls (right hand pane) that a user or role has access to for which 
you can check or uncheck to control access.
        >
        >Is it a question of somehow forcing Netview to re-read the 
'MenuBar.xml' file?  If so, how do I do that?  I've stopped and started all NV 
services, in addition to stopping and restarting Web services but can't seem to 
get it working, or at least it's not apparent to me that a change has taken 
place.
        >
        >Also - as I mentioned yesterday, I want to be able to somehow right 
click en event (not an object) to push the event contents out to a flatfile or 
to a DB on a remote server (Remedy, etc.).  Will I be able to accomplish that 
through the Web Console?  If I righ-click on an event, the only option I have 
is to view the details of the event, I want to add to that menu somehow to get 
it to invoke a script that facilitates the push to either a flatfile or DB.
        >
        >Sorry for the long-winded message, but many thanks in advance for any 
help.
        >
        >Kindest regards,
        >
        >Dan
        >
        >
        >
        >       -----Original Message-----
        >       From: James Shanks [mailto:jshanks@us.ibm.com]
        >       Sent: Tue 3/11/2003 1:23 PM
        >       To: nv-l@lists.tivoli.com
        >       Cc:
        >       Subject: Re: [nv-l] Custom Menu Functionality from NV Event List
        >      
        >      
        >
        >       You are on UNIX, are you not?
        >       The context menu for events is fixed and has no API.
        >       However, you can achieve something similar to what you want 
using the
        >       Options --> Additional Actions menu.
        >       There are several  additional actions supplied.
        >       This allows you to build an underlying script which can be 
launched by the
        >       user by highlighting one or more events and following through 
that menu
        >       path.
        >       Details on how you pass the event elements to your script are 
in the man
        >       page for trapd.conf
        >       While you could update trapd.conf directly,  the preferred 
method is to
        >       use xnmtrap.  That should prevent you from messing up the 
syntax so badly
        >       that trapd cores trying to read what you put in.   If you bring 
that up,
        >       then you'll see a big button on the lower right entitled, 
"Configure
        >       Additional Actions . . ."
        >      
        >       Have fun
        >      
        >       James Shanks
        >       Level 3 Support  for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and NT
        >       Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group
        >      
        >      
        >      
        >      
        >       "DiIulio, Daniel" <Daniel.DiIulio@DigitalNet.com>
        >       03/11/2003 12:44 PM
        >      
        >      
        >               To:     "Netview Forum" <nv-l@lists.tivoli.com>
        >               cc:
        >               Subject:        [nv-l] Custom Menu Functionality from 
NV Event List
        >      
        >      
        >      
        >       Hello Everyone,
        >      
        >       Does NV have a method for me to add a customized menu item, 
i.e.; Tool,
        >       Script, etc?  Ideally, I'd like to be able to 'right-click' on 
an event
        >       within the event list and have the menu item appear as part of 
a drop down
        >       list of items - giving the end user the option to select the 
item and
        >       execute the selection.
        >      
        >       I was wondering if anyone out there has attempted something 
similar, and
        >       if so, how did you facilitate it?
        >      
        >       Many thanks,
        >      
        >       Dan
        >      
        >      
        >      
        >      
        >       
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