Network Viewer

When you go to Diagrams → Network, all networks are displayed along with the relationships between them. They are grouped into sites (which are represented by clouds) for better visibility. You can double-click a cloud to explore further that specific site.

Top-level view with all networks:

Adding Networks to the View

To display the required information, select on the left side the site you want to visualize and click Submit.

One or more sites can be displayed at the same time.

For example, to see a diagram of the particular sites 35HEADOFFICE and 35COLO:

Select Site name from the Group Devices by Attribute drop-down menu.
Select the site names.
Click Submit.

Removing Networks

In a very similar way as to add a site/network to a diagram, to hide it, just unselect the network and click Submit.

Manipulating Objects and Nodes

Diagrams are generated automatically, and the following supported operations can change their layout:

Pinch to zoom: touch & desktop (if supported by the trackpad)

Mouse wheel to zoom: desktop

Two-finger trackpad up or down to zoom: desktop

Tap to select: touch & desktop

Tap background to deselect: desktop

Multiple selections via modifier key (Shift, Command, or Control) + tap: desktop

Box selection: touch (three-finger swipe) & desktop (modifier key + mouse down then drag)

Grab and drag nodes: touch & desktop

The Center View button can also center the screen view.

Hide/Collapse Items in the View

If you right-click after selecting a set of devices or cloud, you will have the option to either:

collapse the selected items into a new cloud:
or hide them:

Layouts

Save User-Defined Layout

After editing the layout, you will see the green box. This allows you to save the changes as the default view. Click the green box; this will open a menu Select Diagram Layout Settings, and the last entry is the User-Defined Layout. By clicking the Floppy disk icon, you will update the default view (see below). Please be aware that only the position of the visible nodes will be saved.

Use User-Defined Layout as the Default Layout

Once you have created a user-defined layout, you probably want to use this as the default layout. For this, click the icon of the site you want to update, then select the User-Defined layout and click Save.

From now on, this will be the default layout for this site:

Choose a Specific Layout for a Selection of Devices

You can now specify which layout you want to use for a set of devices:

Choose a Layout to Apply for the Whole Site

Similarly, you can select a layout for the whole site using the layout selection.

Circular Layout can be used only for 500 nodes or less.

Each object can have multiple views that can be saved and loaded again later.

Save View

Click the Floppy disk icon on the menu on the right end side:

Enter a name for that view and click Save.

Info

The view saved in this way is not the default view for that object.

Load View

The view can be loaded by clicking the Folder icon.

Select the desired view and click to load.

By clicking here, a URL will be displayed, which you can share with other users, and they will be able to see this view.

Export Current View To SVG/PNG/VSDX

The view can be exported in the form of a SVG, PNG image, or VSDX file by clicking Export and selecting the format you want.

VSDX Export Limitations

Export of Intent checks in diagrams (colorful nodes are not supported).
Export of temporarily visible hidden nodes in “Show Hidden Nodes” mode is not supported.
Export of group boundaries is not supported.

Search

Search looks up any text currently present on the diagram. Typing query filters the view, and clicking the Search button focuses and zooms in on the item.

If you hover the mouse cursor on one entry, you will see the device on the diagram:

Protocols

You can filter connection protocols between devices of the second and third layer of ISO OSI by using filters in the Network Viewer → Visualization setup → Protocols menu.

You can decide which layer/protocol you want to display/hide and group/ungroup.

Default Protocols View

By default, all discovered protocols will be grouped based on the layer they belong to. This is the System view. You can edit this, which means you are able to ungroup certain protocols. For this, click the Settings icon:

Drag and drop protocols you want to put to a custom group to the Other Protocols, click Save as and give a name to the new protocol view.

With the example below, you are now able to hide only the DGW protocol without affecting the other Layer 3 protocols:

Link Grouping

Link grouping means that protocols of the specific layer are not shown as separate lines but together as a single line.

Layer Grouping

Layer grouping collapses groups of devices according to the types of links that connect these, either in Layer 2 or 3 groups. Devices connected with different layer protocols can’t be grouped together.

Devices

You can select/unselect the type of devices you want to see on the diagram.

Device Information Deep Dive

After right-clicking the device, you can display additional information about it by selecting Explore: