Tracing Conditions

Define any number of tracing conditions. They are applied in the tracing template definition. Tracing conditions are stored in the system table TB_NET_SCOND_DEF.

To define tracing conditions

1. In the Infrastructure Administrator, do one of the following:
   • Click Enterprise and connect to the enterprise industry model . Open a project.
   • Click File and open a project.
2. Start the Data Model Administrator.
3. Expand the topology and right-click Tracing Templates.
4. In the Tracing Templates dialog box, enter the following:

   Tracing Template dialog box	Description
   Tracing Template area	General settings
   Name	Specifies the template name. Use this name to select the tracing in the network tracer.
   Tracing Type	See Logical Topologies: Tracing.
   Tracing Direction	Specifies the tracing direction: Both Directions. Forward Backward The tracing direction configures which connection can be followed while tracing. For example, in the Manage Connections dialog box, set one or more connections to Forward or Backward. If you set a connection from feature A to feature B to Forward, the tracing can only follow one direction. If you set the connection to Both, the tracing can follow both directions.
   Comment	Specifies a description of the tracing.
   Highlight Features On Screen After Tracing	After the tracing, highlights the results in the drawing.
   Show Feature Explorer After Tracing	After the tracing, displays the results in the feature explorer.
   Template Is Enabled	Specifies that the template is available in the network tracer.
   Tracing Conditions area	Lists current tracing conditions. Select one or more conditions which will be applied to the tracing.
   New	Opens the Tracing Condition dialog box, where you can define a new tracing condition.