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Using the WorldView Map

The ADDRESS TNG environment provides a REXX-based programming interface to the objects contained in the WorldView Repository. With this interface, you can

• Create new objects
• Read and write values into properties of existing objects
• List all objects that belong to a specific class
• Delete objects from the WorldView Repository

Using the ADDRESS TNG environment, you can graphically depict the activity that CA Automation Point is conducting on the WorldView Map.

For a simple example, you can create an object to represent each system that is being monitored by CA Automation Point and, using a combination of rules and REXX, turn an icon different colors based on various changes in the state of the managed system. For example, a communication failure could turn the icon red.

You can also use the WorldView Map interface to launch the CA Automation Point Remote Viewer from the menu associated with a session object, obtaining direct access to consoles monitored by CA Automation Point.

Before you can use the ADDRESS TNG environment to interface with the WorldView Map, you must have installed CA NSM in your computing environment. This may be the same workstation on which you are running CA Automation Point. The workstations running CA Automation Point only require the following:

• Network connectivity to reach the server holding the WorldView Repository
• Client-side database software to support the native database
• The CA NSM WorldView Map Interface component.

Currently, the CA‑AP NSM Gateway service only supports concurrent access to one repository. You can change the repository name through the CA NSM WorldView Repository dialog of Configuration Manager. All CA Automation Point access to the WorldView Map will be to the new repository that you specify. The CA‑AP NSM Gateway service runs as a Windows service.

The file \SAMPLE\APTNG\aptng.txt in the CA Automation Point directory contains information about importing class definitions for objects managed by CA Automation Point, for example:

• Sessions in the WorldView Repository
• A list of provided sample programs that illustrate the use of interfacing ADDRESS TNG with the WorldView Map.

Note: For more information about linking session objects to a Business Process View under the WorldView Map, see the CA NSM documentation.