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Main Window Reference 29
■ Map — Contains a graphical representation of the network, showing
the hierarchy of objects and the traffic flowing between them.
■ Graph Panel — Shows the most significant network activity of the
currently selected objects in graphical form. See Chapter 8
,
“Displaying Traffic in Graphs”
, for further information about
graphing.
Grouping of Objects Within the Object List and the Map, objects are grouped in a hierarchy. By
default, objects are grouped according to their DNS attributes.
You can easily change the way objects are grouped. See Chapter 4
,
“Grouping Network Devices in the Map”
for further information about
grouping devices.
To expand a group in the Object List and view its contents, click the plus
sign (+) next to a group. Traffix Manager automatically expands the
hierarchy of objects in the Object List only. To collapse a group, click the
minus sign (–) next to the group.
Main Window
Reference
This section contains a quick reference guide to the menu options in the
main window.
Table 4 Traffix Manager Main Window Menu Options
Menu Option Function
File Load Traffic... Launches the Load Traffic dialog box from which you can
specify a time range of data to load into the client.
User Authorization... Launches the User Authorization dialog box which displays
all users who have a client running. Also allows you to
change between Traffix administrator and read-only user.
Print... Launches the standard Printer Options dialog box from
which you can output the contents of the main window to
a printer or file.
Exit Exits the Traffix Manager client.
Edit Find… Launches the Find Object dialog box from which you search
for objects in the Object List.
Attributes… Launches the Attribute dialog box from which you add
device attributes and assign attribute values to the selected
devices.
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