The Config Editor Window

The Config Editor is designed for editing multiple configurations on a file that affects one or more devices.

The Config editor is accessible:

When the Config icon is active, for example, in a workspace's toolbar.
By right-clicking a device (in the Devices View) and selecting Editor -> Config from the menu.
By double-clicking a single device.

The editor allows you to open one or more instances of the Config editor for multiple devices.

To open one or more config files,

Note: If you are using the Table layout to view devices, select devices from the table. Or, if you are using the Diagram view, select the devices. In a Table layout, a series of devices can be selected by holding down the Shift key while selecting devices. Or, in a Table or Diagram layout, multiple devices can be selected by holding the Ctrl key while selecting devices.
In either layout, right-click on the last selected device . The right-click menu opens.
Select Editors, then Config. The Config Editor window opens. Or, once you have selected the devices, in the menu bar, click the Config icon.

When multiple devices are selected, each device's Config is opened in separate, cascading editor windows. For consistency, text can be Cut, Copied and Pasted between the editors, as needed.

Additional features in the Config Editor

Along with the new look and feel of the tabbed user interface (see Dashboard), you can also use the Config Editor in much the same way. When the Devices View is displayed, you can select a device from the listing to review the configuration for that device. As noted previously, you can select more than one device to review the configurations.

With multiple devices selected, the Config Editor keeps a running "tab" of all the selected devices, allowing you to toggle between the devices to review the configuration details, and to complete tasks on a device. In the following example, several devices were selected from the Devices View list, and are now displayed across the top of the config window panes as tabs. Notice that the Network name ( Cust3) is displayed above the listing of tabbed device names.

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The tabbed Config Editor view stays accessible until you decide to close the entire editor. While the editor is open, you an also select to close individual devices by right-clicking on the device name, then selecting to close that device. You can also use the right-click options to close all open config views, or to display the device config's in horizontal or vertical views.

While the Config Editor window is active, you can also select another Network from the dashboard , select a device (or devices) from that Devices View list, and then click the Config Editor to re-display the Config editor to have both networks, and the devices from each network displayed in the Config editor.

The active network and device is always highlighted in the Config Editor window.
With more than one Network displayed in a tab format, you can toggle between the Network tabs to work with devices within that Network.
While the Config Editor view is open, you can complete any tasks on a device by accessing the tabs on the bottom of the window, including Audit, Check Duplicate IP, Save, Schedule, and Cancel.
The Config Editor runs in the application background until you decide to close it.

The following components are available in the Config Editor window.

Application Menu Bar Options

The menu options are:


File	Provides access to editor tasks
Save or Save To	Allows you to save the Configlet file as a new workspace, or as a .txt file
Schedule	Opens the Schedule Job window for scheduling when the Config is pushed to the network
Update Devices	Opens the Update Devices widow, and allows you to update the Device List and display the devices as tabs
Close	Closes the Config Editor window


Edit	Menu options for making changes to the Config file
Undo	Allows you to reverse any action completed in the editor window
Redo	Works with the undo feature, and allows you to "put back" your changes
Cut	Allows you to remove selected text
Copy	Allows you to copy selected text
Paste	Allows you to deposit the copied or cut text into another location
Select All	Allows you to select all the text on a page for copying
Find	Opens the Find and Replace feature
Goto	Allows you to jump to a specific line number

Toolbars

The icons located on the segmented toolbars reflect actions that can be completed when using the editor.


Update Device List	Allows you to select or remove devices from the list
Print	Allows you to print the contents of the Config Editor (as shown)
Search	Opens the Find window, allowing you to find and replace details in the config
Cut	Allows you to select details in the content area and Cut text. Cut text can then be copied elsewhere in the content area, or copied into other editor sessions.
Copy	Allows you to Copy any selected details, and Copy them elsewhere in the content area, or Copy into other editor sessions
Paste	Used with either the Copy or Cut feature to insert information into the content area of any open editor session
Template	Allows you to insert a saved template
IP Address	Allows you to select, and then insert Address Pools.
Insert Reference Variable	Allows you to select, and then insert a Reference Variable
Preview	Allows you to review the current configuration

Navigation Pane - on the left

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Shows the configurations

Navigation Pane - on the right

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The navigation pane contains the following items. You can expand or collapse each item.

Access List
Class Map
Interfaces
Policy Map
Route Map
Routing Protocols
Static Route

Editor Content Area

Contains the content of the Config that is being pushed to the devices listed in the navigation pane.


Buttons	Provides access to editor tasks
Audit	Opens the Select item window where you can select items
Check Duplicate IP	Allows you to check if a Duplicate IP is in existence.
Save To	Allows you to save the Config file and the related device to a new workspace, or as a .txt file
Schedule	Opens the Schedule Job window for scheduling when the Config is pushed to the network
Cancel	Cancels any changes made to the Config(s), and then closes the Config Editor window