DataMiner Visio templates
On a DataMiner Agent, you can find a number of default Visio drawings. If you want to create your own default drawings, you can either make copies of the drawings supplied by Skyline and adapt those copies, or create your own default drawings from scratch.
In this section:
Overview of the default Visio templates supplied by Skyline
Every DataMiner Agent is shipped with the following default Visio files.
C:\Skyline DataMiner\Views\Templates
| Type of file | File name(s) |
|---|---|
| Default general-purpose drawing template | SkylineNewDrawing.vdx SkylineNewDrawing.vsdx |
| Default DataMiner stencil file | SkylineNewDrawing.vss SkylineNewDrawing.vssx |
| Stencil files containing geographical maps | United States Maps (US units).vss World Maps (Metric).vss World Maps (US units).vss |
| Stencil files containing device drawings | AppearTV DC1000.vss AppearTV DC1100.vss AppearTV MC3000.vss AppearTV MC3100.vss AppearTV SC2000.vss AppearTV SC2100.vss BridgeTech.vss Nimbra300.vss Nimbra600.vss NimbraNodes.vss |
Note
From DataMiner version 9.0 onwards, if you create a new Visual Overview, by default the .vsdx version of the template file is used.
C:\Skyline DataMiner\Views\Default
| File name | Description |
|---|---|
| SkylineDefaultView.vsdx | Visio drawing that will automatically be linked to every view to which no custom Visio drawing was linked. |
| SkylineDefaultElement.vsdx | Visio drawing that will automatically be linked to every element to which no custom Visio drawing was linked. |
| SkylineDefaultService.vsdx | Visio drawing that will automatically be linked to every service to which no custom Visio drawing was linked. |
Note
The above-mentioned default drawings can be overwritten during DataMiner software updates. We therefore advise you not to make any changes to those drawings.
Creating your own Microsoft Visio templates
If you want to create your own set of Visio templates, you can:
make copies of the default drawings supplied by Skyline and adapt the copies, or
create your own default drawings from scratch.
Every custom Visio template must have a name identical to its Skyline-supplied counterpart, but without the “Skyline” prefix. If you create a custom template, it will overrule its “Skyline” counterpart.
| The custom template named: | will overrule the Skyline template named: |
|---|---|
| NewDrawing.vdx | SkylineNewDrawing.vdx |
| NewDrawing.vss | SkylineNewDrawing.vss |
| DefaultView.vsdx | SkylineDefaultView.vsdx |
| DefaultElement.vsdx | SkylineDefaultElement.vsdx |
| DefaultService.vsdx | SkylineDefaultService.vsdx |
