Litmus Excel AddIns
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Wizards and other Actions
Import Device(s) Wizard
17 min
the import device(s) wizard allows users to search for devicehub devices on a litmus edge and select which on these devices they want to import the device settings into the device management tool open the import device wizard to open the import device(s) wizard, press the import device(s) button from the litmusconfiguration ribbon notes to open the import device wizard, the tool will verify that it is not in the status offline devicehub not responding no le set no api key if the tool found to be in one of these states, a message is displayed setting up the search filter to search for devicehub devices, the user can setup a filter to apply to the search this allows them to reduce the list for potentially imports to only the devices they are truly interested in select the le device ip tool set to one le if the tool is set to connect to one le , the user will not be able to change or select the le device ip tool set to multiple le if the tool is set to connect to multiple le, the user can select which litmus edge to search for, provided that more than one target litmus edge ip has been defined additionally users can also enter a litmus edge ipv4 which is not yet present in the sheet the tool will check if it does have an api key for the litmus edge ipv4 address if no api key is found, it will notify the user and request the api key press the yes button, provide the api key and press the save button set search option the tool provides a number of filter options the user can select from the include all do not apply any filter and return all devices defined in devicehub on the selected litmus edge equal to select all devices whith a device name equal to my import device(s) wizard /#define the device name mask not equal to select all devices whith a device name not equal to my import device(s) wizard /#define the device name mask contains select all devices where the device name contains the value from my import device(s) wizard /#define the device name mask does not contain select all devices where the device name does not contain the value from my import device(s) wizard /#define the device name mask begins with select all devices where the device name begins with the value from my import device(s) wizard /#define the device name mask ends with select all devices where the device name ends with the value from my import device(s) wizard /#define the device name mask notes all search options except all , require a value for the import device(s) wizard /#define the device name mask define the device name mask for any search option except all , a mask is required to apply to the device name example selected search option set to equal to and device name mask set to enron the import wizard will show what filter will be applied initiate the search if all settings are correctly set, the search button will be set to green and allows to initiate the search to initiate the search press the green search button notes if the filter is invalid, the search button will be grayed out and can not be used example no device name mask has been defined for the search option equal to importing device(s) after the search has been initiated, the results are shown in a list box the user will see the driver name as well as the device name notes in case a filter returned no devices, the user is informed and can initiate a new search selecting all devices to select all devices for import, check the checkbox of the header row unselecting all devices to unselect all devices for import, uncheck the checkbox of the header row select individual devices to select individual devices for import, check their respective row or checkbox unselect individual devices to unselect individual devices for import, uncheck their respective checkbox or row import devices if at least one device has been selected from the list, the import button will change to green and an import can be initiated to initiate an import press the green import button if no device(s) have been selected, the import button will be greyed out notes the import wizard will show how many devices have been selected in the left lower corner after an import finished once all the selected devices have been imported, the user is informed about the result and has three further options close the wizard this will end the import and the user can proceed with their desired actions on the sheet set up a new import device(s) wizard /#setting up the search filter to execute a new search import device(s) wizard /#importing devices from the list they previously hadn't selected for another import