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Select a Visualization Template

This section describes the predefined visualization templates included with CA Configuration Automation and the procedure for selecting a template to customize and save as a graph.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Dashboards link, and then click the Visualization tab.

   The Visualization tree appears in the Visualization pane.

2. Click the plus sign next to the Templates node in the tree.

   The Templates node expands to display the following sub-nodes:

   • Applications
   • Clusters
   • Servers
   • Service Profiler
   • Services
   • Software Components
3. Click the plus sign next to the sub-node whose view you want to use for this graph. For example, if you want to create a server-centric view, click the plus sign next to the Servers node.

   The templates associated with the selected sub-node appear.

4. Select one of the following templates to create the graph:
   • Applications
     • Installed Applications by Server—Displays the applications installed on specified servers or server groups.
     • Installed Applications by Service—Displays the applications that are included in specified services.
     • Server Application Relationships—Displays servers with specific applications that are associated by a specific communication type (for example rlogin or http_proxy).
     • Servers By Installed Application—Displays servers that have a specific application installed.
     • Service Application Relationships—Displays services with specific applications that are associated by a specific communication type (for example rlogin or http_proxy).
     • Services By Installed Application—Displays services that have a specific application installed.
   • Clusters
     • All Clusters—Displays all known server clusters.
   • Servers
     • All Server Relationships—Displays servers specified by operating system and communication type.
     • Server Change Detection—Includes servers specified by operating system and whether a Change Detection operation found differences.
     • Server Communication Relationships—Displays servers specified by operating system and communication type.
     • Server Configuration Relationships—Displays the server, application, and database relationships obtained by an NDG discovery. For example, application A on server 1 is configured to use database B on server 2. The relationships are determined using values found in configuration files and database entries.
     • Server Rule Compliance—Displays servers specified by operating system and whether a Rule Compliance operation found compliance failures.
     • Server Storage Management Relationships—Displays the relationship between servers with storage manager software and the storage devices they manage. The relationship type is always Manages.
     • Server Storage Relationships—Displays the relationship between servers and storage devices and servers with storage manager software and the storage devices they manage. The relationship type can be Storage or Manages.
     • Server Virtualization Relationships—Displays any combination of physical, virtualized host, and virtualized guest servers.
   • Service Profiler
     • Service Profiler All Server Relationships—Displays the relationships between all known servers.
   • Services
     • Service Change Detection—Displays services specified by operating system and whether a Change Detection operation found differences.
     • Service Communication Relationships—Displays services specified by operating system and communication type.
     • Service Rule Compliance—Displays services specified by operating system and whether a Rule Compliance operation found compliance failures.
   • Software Components
     • Components by Server—Displays the components that are installed on the specified servers.
     • Components by Service—Displays services that include one or more specified software component.
     • Server Component Relationships—Displays servers that either reference or communicate with other servers.
     • Servers by Components—Displays servers where one or more specified software component is installed.
     • Service Component Relationships—Displays services that either reference or communicate with other services.
     • Services by Components—Displays services where one or more specified software component is installed.

   The Graph Filter dialog for the selected template appears. Continue to the next section for instructions about creating a graph filter.