Setting Colors and Views

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To change map colors:

1. To set the default colors for your different views, from the Configure menu, you select Program Options and click View Settings.
   

Note: You can select custom colors for these items.

2. To change the color for an item, select the item in the Colors box.
3. In the Current Item Color list box, select the color that you want. The current setting for a name is displayed in the list box.

Optional Map Views

At the bottom of each map are tabs that provide you with different map views (dependencies, statistics, notifications, and status). Select the options you want to appear as tabs along the bottom of your map. Anything NOT selected is also not available from the View menu.

Note: Prior to version 7.0, when you were in a certain map view (such as dependencies, statistics, or notifications), you could click the "close" button (the X in the upper right corner) and this would only close that view. In version 7.0 and later, if you do the same thing, you will close the map. The two best methods to exit a particular map view are: Click the appropriate tab (along the bottom of the map) for the view you want, or from the View menu, select the desired map view.

Device States

To see the default shapes and colors for devices as they miss polls, from the Configure menu, select Program Options and click Device States. If you want to change the default settings, in the Set color for column, select the device state you wish to change. After selecting it, you can change the Line Color, Fill Color, or Shape to meet your needs.

Responding. This is the color that indicates that a device is responding to polls. The default is solid bright green.

Note: If you change the "Responding" color, you won't see the change until you are in Monitor Mode and WhatsUp Gold completes the next poll.

Lost 1 pkt. The color that indicates that a device has not responded to one poll. The default is solid light green.

Lost 2 pkts. The color that indicates that a device has not responded on two consecutive polls. The default is solid yellow.

Lost 3 pkts. The color that indicates that a device has not responded on three consecutive polls. The default is solid yellow.

Lost 4-7 pkts. The color that indicates that a device has not responded on four to seven polls. The default is solid light red.

Lost 8+ pkts. The color that indicates that a device has not responded on eight or more polls or has a network error. The default is solid dark red.

Service down. The color that indicates that a service is down on a device. The default is solid purple.

Inactive. The color that indicates a device that is not being monitored. The default is solid dark gray.

Creating Text Captions

You can use text captions to further identify a network map or segments of a map. Text is available in many fonts, sizes, text effects, and colors. In addition, you can specify an opaque background for the text block, which is also available with a choice of colors. Text blocks can be rotated a full 360 degrees (if you select a TrueType font) to address special text labeling requirements.

To add text to the network map:

1. Click the Edit Mode tab.
2. Select the Text button and click on the map where you want the text.
   
3. The Text Properties dialog box appears. In the Text box, replace Sample Text with the desired text.
4. Set the Text Color, Background Color, Rotation Degrees, and Font Style as appropriate.

   Transparent. If this is selected, the map background color is used "behind the text". If this is not selected, the text is set against a Background Color that you can change.

   Font. Click Change Font to change the font of the text.

   Rotation. Enter a number from 0 to 360 to represent the degrees to rotate the text. If you increment the numbers by clicking, you will notice the text rotating accordingly.

5. Click OK.

Using Dependency Arrows

After you have set your dependencies, you can put the map in Edit Mode and use the dependency arrows for a visual rendering of your dependencies. This section is only discussing the dependency arrows. To learn more on setting dependencies, polling order, or valid and invalid dependencies, see "Viewing and Changing Dependencies".

• The "Up Dependent" arrow is a solid green arrow.
• The "Down Dependent" arrow is a solid red arrow.
• The "Invalid Up Dependent" arrow is white with a green border.
• The "Invalid Down Dependent" arrow is white with a red border.

An Invalid Dependency is explained in "Viewing and Changing Dependencies".

Arranging the Toolbars

In Edit Mode, you can arrange the WhatsUp Gold toolbars any number of ways, on or off a gray toolbar backdrop.

To make a toolbar float in its own window, drag the double gray lines at the top of the toolbar to an area off the toolbar backdrop. To move a free-floating toolbar onto the toolbar backdrop, drag its title bar to the toolbar backdrop; to use the toolbar backdrop if it's not visible, double-click a toolbar's title bar.

Galleries

Galleries are drawing tools to aid you in customizing your maps to look exactly the way you want. Depending on your settings, they are visible when a map is in Edit Mode. To change the visibility of galleries, from the Configure menu, select Program Options and click Galleries.

To add an object to the map, select it and drag it on to the map. You can move and resize the object on the map. To set properties, right-click the object and select Properties.

The Show Galleries box displays all galleries that exist. If the check box beside a gallery is selected, then that gallery will appear when the map is in edit mode. If the check box is not selected, then the gallery is still available, but will not appear when the map is in edit mode.

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