<%NUMBERING1%>.<%NUMBERING2%>.<%NUMBERING3%> PRTG Manual: Libraries Step By Step

To create a new library, follow the steps in this section. In the PRTG web interface, click the Libraries entry in the main menu bar to show the libraries main screen.

In this section:

• Step 1: Add Library
• Step 2: Add Library Nodes
• Step 3: Set Library Node Display Settings
• Step 4: View

This documentation refers to an administrator user accessing the PRTG web interface on a master node. If you use other user accounts, interfaces, or failover nodes, you might not see all of the options in the way described here. If you use a cluster installation, note that failover nodes are read-only by default.

When a user with administrative rights creates a new object, only other users with administrative rights can view or edit the new object by default. When a read/write user creates a new object, all members of the read/write user's primary group can view and edit the new object as well. This behavior applies to libraries, maps, reports, notification templates, and schedules.

For more information, see section Access Rights Management.

Step 1: Add Library

• Hover over and select Add Library from the menu to add a new library. An assistant is shown.
• Enter a Library Node Name.
• Define Security Context, Tags and Access Rights if you like.
• Click Create.

For more information, see section Libraries and Node Settings.

Step 2: Add Library Nodes

Click the Management tab. You see a split screen:

• On the left side, your library is shown (empty in the beginning).
• On the right side, you see your device tree, as known from the device tree's Management tab.

From the device tree on the right side, drag objects and drop them on the library on the left side. Each dropped object is immediately added as a new library node. Repeat this procedure as often as you wish until you have added all desired items to the library.

When adding single sensors to the library, there can only be one sensor in one library node.

Library nodes can contain up to 1,000 sensors.

You can also create nested library nodes by adding a new library node underneath a library node or to a group.

Drag and drop library nodes to change their position. If you want to change the monitoring object that is associated with a library node, you can change the Linked Object in the library node's settings.

Step 3: Set Library Node Display Settings

You are still on the library Management tab.

Right-click the name of a library node and from the context menu, select Edit | Settings to change the Library Node Display Settings. In this dialog, you can change the name of the library and its tags, as well as the linked object, library node type, and filters.

These settings are available for each library node. You can choose to either show the Linked Object as a subtree of your device tree, or to view a collection of all sensors underneath the Linked Object.

When selecting the subtree view, the library node looks like a branch in your device tree, as shown in the screenshot below for the library node named My Sub Tree.

When selecting a sensor collection view, only the sensors underneath the Linked Object are shown. Probes, groups, and devices are omitted. You can additionally filter for certain sensor Type, Status, and Tags. Only matching sensors are shown. The screenshot below shows the same Linked Object as above, but in sensor collection view, additionally filtered for sensors with a bandwidthsensor tag.

For more information, see section Libraries and Node Settings (Overview—Library Node Display Settings).

Step 4: View

Click the Overview tab to see the final appearance of your library. You have the following options:

• Hover over an object to view a hover popup with recent monitoring and status data.
• Use the sensor status selection bar to select which sensors you want to see from the library. Remove check marks for sensor states that you want to hide.
  This function is the same one you know from the device tree's sensor status bar. The setting is reset the next time you open the library.
• Use the Device Tree View selection in the page header bar to change the size of the library display.
  This function is the same one you know from the device tree.
• Use the Search box in the page header bar to search the library for a string in object names. Matching objects are shown in full color, all others are grayed out while the filter is active.
  This function is the same one you know from the device tree.

It depends on the library's access rights and the logged in user account if the library is visible to other users. Also, clicking objects in the library (for example, sensors) leads to more detailed information about the object or to an error message indicating insufficient access rights depending on user account and access rights.

In libraries, you can right-click objects to access the context menus of library nodes and the library itself. You can also set up notifications for entire libraries, see our example chapter here.

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