User`s guide

Configurations Window
Configuration Detail Section
Creating and Managing Configurations
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Enterprise Configuration Manager
User’s Guide
Edit Buttons
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Wildcards (applies wildcard capability to) a device component having more
than one instance (for example, two or more repeater ports) in a
configuration. Device components are identified in the Insertable Attribute
list by a question mark to the right of the device name.
The Wild Comp. button is enabled only if you have selected an attribute
having a device component instance in the configuration attribute list.
A wildcarded device component in a configuration enables you to load the
same value into many instances of the component in a device, with one
instance of the attribute in the configuration. This reduces the number of
instances of a list attribute you may need in a configuration.
To wildcard a device attribute:
1. Add it to the configuration attribute list.
2. Select View by Sequence from the View menu. (If you do not select
this view, ECM places the wildcarded attribute at the bottom of the list
of instances for this attribute when you wildcard the attribute.)
3. Select an instance of the attribute in the configuration attribute list
after the instances whose values you want to remain unique.
4. Click on Wild Comp. or type a star in the value field and click Update.
5. Remove the instances you no longer need, using the Cut button.
After you have wildcarded a device attribute instance, an asterisk appears
to the right of the attribute instance name in the configuration attribute
list, indicating that it is now a wildcarded attribute. For more information
on the wildcard function, see Applying Wildcard Capability to Attributes, on
Page 4-41.
You can wildcard not only a device attribute but also a list attribute. See
also the Wild Attr. button description.
Table 4-5. Function of Components in Configuration Detail Section (Continued)
Field/Button/
List Function
Wild Comp.