IBM 4.3-W User Manual

Netcool/Proviso Cisco IP Telephony Technology Pack User’s Guide, Version 4.3-W

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Chapter 6: Sub-Element Grouping Rules

This chapter discusses the following topics: 

Overview 

Typically, a Netcool/Proviso Technology Pack defines sub-element grouping rules. Grouping rules organize and 
filter networking data into a structure that makes it easier to collect data on thousands or millions of resources. 

Sub-element grouping rules organize data in tree structures. Each folder (branch) in the tree is associated with a 
rule or condition. If a sub-element property satisfies the rule or condition associated with a folder in the grouping 
tree, the sub-element is placed in the folder. The sub-element is then tested against the rule or condition in the 
next folder below. If the sub-element passes that test, it is tested against the rule or condition in the next folder, 
and so on. 

The Cisco IP Telephony Technology Pack uses some of its Netcool/Proviso properties to define sub-element 
grouping rules. Grouping rule names appear in the 

 field (

 view) of the Netcool/Proviso 

DataMart Rule Editor. For information on how to use the Netcool/Proviso DataMart Rule Editor, see the 

. 

The Rule Editor contains two grouping rule trees — the NOC reporting tree and the sub-element collect tree. 
The following sections describe the filtering rules and conditions in these trees.