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Orion MapMaker Node List

I noticed this in recent releases, including the most recent (9.0) where when you want to select a node for a particular object on a map, you have to wait for the list of nodes to load before you can select it. Is there a way to do away with the object organization, and furthermore, just have the list be there? I could swear in version 8.0 this loading function wasn't present. Anyone remember? - or am I just dreaming this up?

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savell

No, you're not dreaming.

While this ver9 feature makes the inital unexpanded node list fast to load, once we select a vendor (i.e. Cisco) it can take several minutes to populate a large list - very frustrating!

Dave.

BryanBecker

I noticed this in recent releases, including the most recent (9.0) where when you want to select a node for a particular object on a map, you have to wait for the list of nodes to load before you can select it. Is there a way to do away with the object organization, and furthermore, just have the list be there? I could swear in version 8.0 this loading function wasn't present. Anyone remember? - or am I just dreaming this up?

I think the node list started back in 8.5. IIRC customers were complaining about the list being too big so they wanted it to be a node tree instead.

BB

dave.woolterton

This did indeed come in in ver 8.5, but a God send where you have a large node base across lots of vendors. However I see no reason why SW can not give the customer a choice and make it a selectable option. Then it would suit more people.

kweise

Making it a selectable option would certainly benefit shops like ours where most of our almost 3000 nodes are from a single vendor. For now, I just make sure the first device I want to add to a map isn't at the bottom of the list!