Why can't I create an alert condition that can filter based on NodeGroup?

b8utters

I'm trying to create a filter to act upon the alert condition of an interface going down. I only care about interfaces that go down, when those interfaces are on our switches in the Core and Distribution layers. We have populated the NodeGroup property with the layer that the switch works at:

Core
Distribution
DataCentre Access
User Access

I want to add an alert condition that says "only trigger the alert if the NODEGROUP property doesn't contain 'access'"

When creating the filter, I cannot see the option for NodeGroup under NetworkNode>NodeDetails (see attached)

Is that field known under a different name, or do I have to achieve this with Custom Properties (don't want to duplicate the information)

Thanks
Dave

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sedmo

That's correct, the DB's are different and there is no NodeGroup field in the NPM nodes table as there is in the NCM table.  What I have done is create a custom property field in NPM  that I map to the NCM NodeGroup field during NPM to NCM imports.  This allows me to manage the node group information in NPM which then gets pushed to NCM.