This section describes how to create a new network element family. This operation, which is similar to adding a new function, involves the following steps:

For example:

How to Create a Network Element Family (using the API)

IltNetworkElement.Family OC999 =
  new IltNetworkElement.Family("OC999");
IltSettings.SetValue("NetworkElement.Family.OC999.Label","999");

How to Create a Network Element Family (using CSS)

setting."ilog.tgo.model.IltNetworkElement"{
  families[0]: @+neFamily0;
}
Subobject#neFamily0 {
  class: 'ilog.tgo.model.IltNetworkElement.Family'; 
  name: "OC999";
}

The following properties are used to customize the display of network element families:

Example:

IltSettings.SetValue("NetworkElement.Family.OC999.Label","My_NetworkElement_Family_999");

You can obtain the same customization using global CSS settings. To do so, you need to specify the full path to the object to be customized, as well as the value of its name attribute in order to match the right object in the system. The CSS property to customize here is label.

setting."ilog.tgo.model.IltNetworkElement.Family"[name="OC192-UsrDf"] { 
   label: "My_NetworkElement_Family_999";
}

By default, network element families and resources are associated automatically. A label and a tooltip are displayed for the new network element family provided that the following resources have been declared in the JViews TGO resource bundle:

For the predefined network element families, you can edit the values directly in the JViews TGO resource bundle file.

For newly created network element families, the label and tooltip information will also be retrieved from this resource bundle. As you declare new network element families, register the corresponding entries into the resource bundle file.

Considering that you have created the network element family "OC999", you should declare the corresponding entries in the resource bundle file as follows: