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Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2017-11-30

Product(s): NetBackup (8.1)

About creating CSV files

You can create views in OpsCenter Analytics by creating and importing the comma-separated values (CSV) file that describes the views. You can create the CSV files in a text editor or Microsoft Excel and save the file as filename.csv. Note that you can only create objects of type Generic when you create views using a CSV file.

Note:

You can export and import view structures using the CSV file. However, you cannot export or import attributes that are collected by OpsCenter data collectors using a CSV file.

A CSV file typically contains the following details:

First column	View type View Type must be one of the following: Master Server Client Policy File System Note:
Second column	Name of the view
Third column	Level of the view (hierarchy). The third column and subsequent columns contain the name that you give to each level. You can have as many levels as you want, which must be specified in the third column or subsequent columns in the CSV file.
Last column	Host name Note: The last column must be the host name. If the last column of a row is not the host name, the specific row or entry is ignored and not considered.

The CSV file contains comma-separated values. Each row defines the hierarchy of one host.

The following is the format of a sample CSV file. This CSV file contains only one level of view.

Client, View_Application, Oracle, client1
Client, View_Application, Oracle, client2
Client, View_Application, Sybase, client3

Figure: Sample view shows the view that is created when you import the sample CSV file.

Figure: Sample view

The following is the format of a sample CSV file containing two levels of view.

Client, View_Global, India, Chennai, client1
Client, View_Global, India, Pune, client2
Client, View_Global, UK, London, client3
Client, View_Global, US, NYK, client4

Figure: Sample multi-level view shows the multi-level view that is created when you import the sample CSV file that contains two levels of view.

Figure: Sample multi-level view

Note:

If you create a view using a CSV file that already exists in OpsCenter Analytics, the view gets deleted. You cannot modify an existing view by using a CSV file.