eG Administration
 

Building a Layer Model for a Component Type

This page enables the administrator to associate/dissociate layers for the component type that is being built. This page appears when you click the button against a component type in the INTEGRATION CONSOLE - COMPONENT page. To build a brand new Layer model, follow the steps below:

  1. Click the button against a component type from the User defined components panel of the INTEGRATION CONSOLE - COMPONENT page.

  2. From the Disassociated layers list of this page, select the layer that you want to associate with the component type that you are building.

  3. Click the < button in this page to move the selection to the Associated layers list.

  4. If you need, you can even disassociate a layer from a component type by selecting that layer from the Associated layers list and clicking the > button.

  5. Click the Update button to save the changes.

  6. Typically, layers are to be associated in the same order in which they should appear in the layer model representation in the eG monitoring console. Moreover, since state of the layers below impact the state of the layers above, exercise caution when positioning layers in your layer model. By default however, the eG Enterprise system reserves the bottom-most position to the pre-defined Operating System layer. This is why, when a new layer model is built using the Integration Console, and the Operating System layer is included in that model, eG Enterprise expects this layer to be lowest layer in the layer hierarchy. If not, the eG Enterprise system throws an exception to this effect.

  7. Typically, to change the position of any layer in the layer model, you will have to use the direction buttons provided to the left of the Associated layers list. The table below lists these buttons and their purpose:

    Direction Button Purpose
    Move to Bottom Click to push a layer to the bottom of the layer model.
    Move to Top Click to push a layer to the top of the layer model.
    Move Up Click to push a layer a step up.
    Move Down Click to push a layer a step down.

    Note:

    You can modify the layer model definition of a Pre-defined component by clicking the button corresponding to that component in the Pre-defined components panel. The rest of the procedure is the same as outlined in steps 2-7 in this section.

    The Back button enables the administrator to go back to the INTEGRATION CONSOLE - COMPONENT page.