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Working with Business Tags

Working with Business Tags

Searching for Business Tags

Viewing Business Tag Properties

Working with Business Tags

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This chapter describes how to manage and view business tag information.

•Working with Business Tags, describes how to create a business tag, for example, a subscriber to a port. In addition, it describes how to detach a business tag.

•Searching for Business Tags, describes how to find a business tag using the business tag's name and key.

•Viewing Business Tag Properties, describes how to view business tag properties.

Cisco ANA NetworkVision enables the operator to attach business tags to network objects. A business tag is a record, which is stored in the Cisco ANA Gateway database that points to a network object. Each business tag has a "key" field, which is a unique identifier for the business tag. The key is common both to the Cisco Supervisor and the Northbound OSS applications that are integrated with Cisco.

The tag can be created explicitly, by specifying the network object and the business tag's details. When the system performs an impact analysis report on the affected network objects, if there are business tags attached to these objects, the report includes the details.

Cisco ANA Gateway enables business tags to be attached to any managed network object that is represented in the Cisco ANA information model. This enables you to:

•Add user familiar labels to network objects, for example, devices and so on.

•Define service endpoints, for example, subscriber and provider connections.

•Click on a hyperlink and go directly to the required location, for example:

–To a specific port.

–To a specific subscriber using the subscriber's phone number.

Cisco ANA supports the following types of business tags:

•Subscriber

•Provider Connection

•Label

Business tags enable you to perform the following functions:

•Create a business tag for a network object see Working with Business Tags.

•Search for a business tag and/or generate a list of all the business tags see Searching for Business Tags.

•Edit the details of a business tag.

•Remove a business tag. For more information see Working with Business Tags.

Working with Business Tags

Cisco ANA NetworkVision enables you to create a business tag, for example, a new subscriber to a port. In addition, you can detach existing subscribers from ports.

To attach a business tag:

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Step 1 Right-click on a network object in the Cisco ANA NetworkVision window or in any of the dialog boxes to display a right-click shortcut menu.

Step 2 From the right-click shortcut menu, select Attach Business Tag. The Attach Business Tag dialog box is displayed.

The following fields are displayed in the Attach Business Tag dialog box:

•Unique Key—A unique identifier for the business tag.

•Name—The name of the business tag.

•Type—The related business tag type options, namely, Subscriber, Provider Connection or Label.

•Notes—A free text message.

Step 3 Enter a Key and Name for the business tag.

Step 4 From the Type dropdown list, select the type of business tag (namely, Subscriber, Provider Connection or Label).

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Note When Label is selected as type the name of the network object changes to display the business name.

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Step 5 Enter a free text message in the Notes area (optional).

Step 6 Click Save. The business tag is attached to the network object. The business tag is displayed in the Business Tag tab of the Inventory window for the selected network object and the name of the business tag is displayed in the tree pane, map pane, Cisco ANA PathTracer and so on.

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Note The Edit and Detach options are displayed in the right-click shortcut menu when a business tag is attached to a network element.

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You can search and edit business tag information attached to a network object using tools available from the appropriate Business Tag dialog box. A business tag that has been attached to a network object can also be detached.

To detach a business tag:

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Step 1 Open the business tag that you want to delete by selecting the Business Tag tab of the required network object in the Inventory window. On the toolbar, click Detach Business Tag.

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Right-click on the network object with the business tag in the tree pane or map pane in the Cisco ANA NetworkVision window's workspace to display the General shortcut menu and select Detach Business Tag.

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Search for the business tag. For information see Searching for Business Tags. Select the business tag in the table and click Detach Business Tag.

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Note A single or multiple business tags can be detached.

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The business tag is detached from the network object and the Business Tag tab is no longer displayed.

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Searching for Business Tags

Cisco ANA NetworkVision enables you to find a business tag, namely, a subscriber, provider connection or label using the full or partial business tag name and the business tag key. If you use the full or partial business tag name for the search, the search results provide a list of business tags meeting the search criteria. If you use the business tag key, the search results provide information about the particular business tag.

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Note Click on the hyperlink provided in the search results table to go directly to the required location.

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To search for a business tag:

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Step 1 In the Cisco ANA NetworkVision toolbar, click Find Business Tag,

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From the Edit menu, select Find Business Tag. The Find Business Tag dialog box is displayed.

The Find Business Tag dialog box contains the following tools:

Table 10-1 Find Business Tag Dialog Box Tools 

Button	Function
	Finds the business tag according to a name, key or type entered in the Find Business Tag dialog box.
	Clears the search information entered in fields in the Find Business Tag dialog box.
	Opens the Edit Business Tag dialog box enabling you to edit the business tag.
	Detaches the business tag. For more information see Working with Business Tags.
	Opens the online Cisco ANA NetworkVision Help.

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Note To activate all the business tag tools (toolbar buttons), click on any line in the table of the Find Business Tag dialog box.

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Step 2 Enter the full or partial Key and/or Name for the business tag.

Step 3 From the Type dropdown list, select the type of business tag that you want to find.

Step 4 Click Find. The results of the search are displayed in a table at the bottom of the Find Business Tag dialog box.

The following columns are displayed in the table:

•Key—A unique identifier for the business tag.

•Name—The name of the business tag.

•Type—The business tag type, namely, Subscriber, Provider Connection or Label.

•Entity—The location of the network element with the attached business tag, as a hyperlink that opens the properties of the relevant location.

Step 5 Click on the hyperlink provided in the search results table to go directly to the required location.

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Viewing Business Tag Properties

Cisco ANA NetworkVision enables you to view business tag properties.

To view business tag properties:

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Step 1 Select a business tag in the table in the Find Business Tag dialog box.

Step 2 Right-click to display the shortcut menu and select Properties.

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Click Edit on the toolbar of the Find Business Tag dialog box.

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Double-click on the business tag in the table. The Business Tag Properties dialog box is displayed.

For more information about the fields displayed see Working with Business Tags.

You can also view the business tag's properties in the Business Tag tab of the Inventory window.