Customer Education: Course Descriptions

Training Course Descriptions

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For a detailed list of course key topics click the link to each course. For pricing, please contact your Visionael account manager.
For the Course Schedule click here.
To enroll in a course, click here.
For customized courses, please contact the Visionael Training Department.

Visionael NRM Installation & Administration

Visionael NRM Studio User

Visionael NRM Studio User for Research

Data Collection Users/Asset Managers

Data Collection Administration

Visionael Customization

Visionael NRM Installation & Administration

Duration: 2 Days
Description: This course offers hands-on training following standard processes for implementing Visionael NRM. Topics begin with implementation planning and full installation of the core products. Further topics include Security and recommended practices for managing the Library, Drawings, Designs, and Documents.

Creating the Visionael repository
Installing Visionael servers, Controller, Launcher, and License
Configuring and deploying Visionael Console Manager
Installing Visionael Studio, Repository Manager, and Console
Setting up of Security and Workflow, including processes, stages, roles, sign-offs, users, and permissions
Assigning users to a specific segment, process, stage, sign-off, and organization
Installing Web Reports
Discussion of best practices, policies and procedures, and data acquisition techniques
Creating new library vendors and library devices
Learning the drawing Manager interface, editing, converting, scaling, and setting drawing origin points, and importing Visio drawing objects

Audience: Visionael Administrator, Visionael Installation Specialist
Prerequisites: RDBMS and basic networking experience are advantageous.
Maximum Course Size: 6

Visionael NRM Studio User

Duration: 3 Days
Description: Studio User for Research training is hands-on, detailed training on the general features of the Visionael Studio product. Topics include processing of moves, adds and changes; assigning and tracking circuits; creating network design diagrams; resolving conflicts and data mining.

Interface and navigation of Visionael Studio GUI
Locating network objects, circuits, attached documents, and designs
Viewing object list views, user preferences, object properties, security and workflow processes, and standard reports
Creating and modifying designs
Adding and modifying geographical, network, and circuit objects
Creating and assigning circuits, and adding customers and providers
Common features such as attaching documents, using the quick add toolbar, tracing connectivity, and managing design conflicts
Creating Diagrams and logical views

Audience: Visionael Standard User, Visionael Studio Analyst, Visionael Report Administrator, Visionael Librarian, Visionael Data Acquisition Specialist
Prerequisites: None.
Maximum Course Size: 10

Visionael NRM Studio User for Research

Duration: 1 Day
Description: This one-day Studio User training teaches the 'read-only' functions for research within the system. Topics include using the system features for object lookup; read-only viewing of diagrams and designs; and querying the entire Visionael Repository for reporting. This class is appropriate for users who have no data creation responsibility.

Interface and navigation of Visionael Studio GUI
Locating and researching network objects, circuits, attached documents, and designs
Viewing object list views, user preferences, object properties, attached documents, and standard reports
Using Object List Views and Global Query functions
Locating, Printing and Reading circuit information
Review of design changes and design conflicts

Audience: Operations, Helpdesk, Managers, Visionael Project Manager, Visionael Application Programmer
Prerequisites: None.
Maximum Course Size: 10

Data Collection Users/Asset Managers

Duration: 2 Days
Description: Visionael Data Collection training provides hands-on training to data collection Users and Asset Managers. This training enables them to effectively use the tool to discover a wide variety of devices and to reconcile information to the Visionael Repository.

Data Collection Client settings and usage
Discovery: Discovering existing network equipment using basic data collection techniques
Discovery: Moving discovered data into the Visionael repository
Introducing NMS systems (HPOV, etc.), adapters, DIMS, MIB, enterprise numbers in the Data Collection Process
Using NMS systems to acquire device status information
Reconciling information from external sources with the Visionael repository
Understanding Configurable DIM entries
Interpreting SNMP MIBs to expand collection capabilities
Capturing debug output from the Item Tree service
Using the Jwalker utility

Audience: Visionael Data Acquisition Specialist, Data Collection Users
Prerequisites: Visionael NRM Studio User
Maximum Course Size: 6

Data Collection Administration

Duration: 1 Day
Description: Visionael Data Collection Administration provides information for Administrators who manage Data Collection. The topics enable them to install, license, manage, and troubleshoot the application. Also covered is the use of the Visionael Library in Data Collection.

Review of Data Collection prerequisites and installation for Windows, UNIX, file ownership and privileges
Defining and using the installation and configuration files, including HyperSQL and DB Manager
Data collection licensing and web certificate requirements
Data Collection Administration tools
Library management, including synchronization, templates and certification procedure
Scheduler and cleanup for data collection
Troubleshooting using debug output, tomcat and data collection logging and item tree service

Audience: Visionael Data Acquisition Specialist, Visionael Installation Specialist, or the team member responsible for maintaining the quality and access using Data Collection.
Prerequisites: Visionael NRM Installation & Administration. Basic web-based report creation skill is useful.
Maximum Course Size: 6

Visionael Customization

Duration: 5 Days
Description: Visionael Customization provides the skills to integrate with other systems; to migrate data; and to extend the product functions. Topics include database table relationships, extracting data and extending the database tables, and customizing using the COM API and the Services API.

Database Structure: Understanding table descriptions, relationships, and extension of database tables for COM and GUI customization
Extracting data from the tables using basic to advanced SQL queries
Presentation API: Writing custom applications, learning how to capture events and utilize the information to perform functions in Visionael Studio
Writing custom menu items, custom property pages, and custom programs
Extracting information from the database via the COM, i.e., attribute lists, design status
Services AP: Identify and examine CORBA, Message, and Entity points of entry.
Use Java and the Entity API to design and implement custom interfaces to the Visionael Repository

Audience: Visionael Application Programmer
Prerequisites: Visionael NRM Studio User and RDBMS, SQL Query and Java programming skills.
Maximum Course Size: 5