Managing a Site’s Custom Attributes

You can define multiple custom attributes for each Site. Each custom attribute has a Name (such as address) and a Value (such as Madison 122), and optionally also a Comment (such as the site address).

Contents

Prerequisite

Adding a Site Custom Attribute

Editing or Deleting a Site Custom Attribute

 

Prerequisite

You must have the Account Owner role.

 

Adding a Site Custom Attribute

To add a site custom attribute:

  1. Click Devices in the left pane.
  2. In the Sites Tree pane, click the cogwheel icon adjacent to the Account name. 

   3.   In the Account Preference panes that appears on the right, click Site Custom Attributes.

   4.   Click + Add Custom Attribute. The Create Custom Attribute window opens.

   5.   In the Create Custom Attribute window, do the following actions:

                a. Enter a name for the custom attribute.

                b. Optionally enter a comment.

                c. Click Submit. The new custom attribute is listed in the Custom Attributes table.

   6.   You can give the site custom attribute a different value for every site. To give a site custom attribute a value, do the following actions:
    1. Click Devices in the sidebar, and click the site name in the Sites Tree pane.
    2. In the right pane, click Actions under the site icon, and select Edit. A Site Configuration window appears. All the defined custom attributes appear in the window.
    3. In the Site Configuration window, enter a value for the custom attribute value.
      Click Submit. The right pane now displays the custom attribute and its value.

 

Editing or Deleting a Site Custom Attribute

 

To edit or delete a Site custom attribute:

  1. Click Devices in the left pane.
  2. In the Sites Tree pane, click the cogwheel icon adjacent to the Account name.
  3. In the Account Preference pane that appears on the right, click Site Custom Attributes.
  4. Hover your mouse pointer over the line corresponding to the custom attribute that you wish to modify. Several icons appear.
  5. Select the icon that corresponds to the action you wish to take:
 

Edit the custom attribute Name or Comment.

Click this icon and edit the settings in the window that appears.

 

Delete the custom attribute from the database.