Linking a Visio page to an EPM filter section field

If you have linked a page of a Visio drawing to a chain (i.e. tab page) of an EPM element (formerly known as CPE Manager) using a shape data field of type Chain, you can use a shape data field of type Field to link that page to one specific filter section field of that chain (e.g. "Headends", "Customer", "STB", etc.). That way, the page in question will only appear when you select a value for that specific filter section field.

If, for example, you set Field to "Headends", the page will appear when you select a headend in the Filter section of the EPM interface.

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See also: Linking a Visio page to an EPM chain

Configuring the shape data field

Add a shape data field of type Field to the shape, and set its value to the name of a field in the Filter section of the EPM interface.

To specify more than one field, use a pipe character ("|") as separator between the field names. You can combine this with one or more chains. For each combination of a chain and field value from the shape data, the page will be displayed.

For example, if the following shape data is specified, the page will be visible for the OLT and CMC field, while the user navigates in the OLT (limited), CMTS topology, or maps chain:

Shape data field	Value
Chain	olt (limited)|cmts topology|maps
Field	OLT|CMC

Note

If you do not specify a shape data field of type Field or if you leave its value blank, then the page will appear when nothing is selected in the Filter section. In case multiple field values are specified, but these are followed by a pipe character, the page will also be displayed when nothing is selected.