Device definitions

Devices are defined within the ‘Device-‘ data sheets. Device Definitions serve two purposes:

• To define devices and associated templates
• To define device specific settings and file names

The following data fields are required to define the devices and categories:

• DN:x: – Defines a device name. Only 1 DN definition per device is allowed

e.g. DN:A:Primary Router

• DT:x: – Defines a template associated with . Multiple DT’s per device are allowed

e.g. DT:A:SecurityTemplates

• DF:x: – (Optional) Defines a device filename when saving. Only 1 DF definition per device is allowed

e.g. DF:A:Primary Router Filename

• DA:x: –  (Optional) Specifies the produced output will be appended to any existing found file. Only 1 DA definition per device is allowed

e.g. DA:A:Append

• DR:x: –  (Optional) Specifies the produced output, does not include any additional Gen IT information.  Only 1 DN definition per device is allowed

e.g. DR:A:

The 'x', typically a number or letter, is used to link the various parts of the device definitions together. In the example below, the 'A' links the files together.

• DN:A:Core Router
• DT:A:Security Template
• DT:A:Base Template
• DT:A:L3 Template
• DF:A:Filename
• DA:A:Append
• DR:A:RAW Output

Devices must be added to spreadsheets named ‘Device-‘. Data added to spreadsheets named otherwise will be ignored by Gen IT.

Important – All ‘Data-‘ sheets and ‘Device-‘ sheets must contain the same amount of data rows, and must include identical ‘ID‘ columns/rows in order to join the data from all sheets into a single dataset.