Dictionaries for monitoring (Configuration)
By default, this section in not available to any user. To access it, the user must have Manage dictionaries (manage-dictionaries) permissions.
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In this menu you can work with dictionaries for monitoring and dictionary groups for monitoring.
Each dictionary has the following settings:
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ID – Dictionary ID. Set by the system and cannot be changed.
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Name – Dictionary name. Must be unique.
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Description – Optional description of the dictionary.
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Comment – User comment to the dictionary.
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Group – Group to which this dictionary belongs.
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Automatic key generation – Whether the system should generate UUIDv4 keys for new entries. Keys for existing entries will not be overwritten. If this option is enabled, the user will be unable to change the key in every entry.
Dictionary groups
List of all dictionary groups in the system.
When you select a dictionary group, the right part of the screen will show information about the dictionary group, where you can edit its Name, Description and Comment as well ass delete selected group.
When you delete a group, all dictionaries belonging to that group will be moved to the Default group.
You can filter dictionary groups by name using the button.
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Default and System groups cannot be edited or removed. Users also cannot change the order and names of fields of system dictionaries. |
Data
All keys and values of the dictionary are stored in the table under the dictionary settings.
Above the table, there is a dictionary control pane with the following buttons:
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Add a new dictionary entry |
Import dictionary from Excel table. |
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Export dictionary as Excel table. |
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To add a new value to the dictionary, press the button in the dictionary header. To delete a value, press the button in the corresponding column.
Table header might contain value names. You can name values only when importing a dictionary from an Excel table.
You can encrypt values in the data table. To do this, the value name must contain the password substring (case insensitive).
All keys in the dictionary must be unique. If the input field contains the key, that was already used, the system will show the error and won’t let you save such a dictionary.
To apply the values to the dictionary, press the button under the data table. To delete the dictionary, press the under the data table.