Creating a Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager common pack data model containing a summary definitions model

On Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager - Wireless component, you can extract the summary definitions associated with a particular technology pack from the Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager database. You can then create a Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager common pack data model containing a model that report authors can use to create reports by using those summary definitions.

1. In WirelessModelling tool, select File > New > Project.
2. Enter the project name. Typically, you use the name of the technology pack.
3. Click Next.
4. In the Project Explorer, right-click the new project and select Import. The Import wizard opens.
5. On the Select page of the Import wizard, expand TNPM Pack Modeling and select Import Summaries.
6. Click Next.
7. On the Database details page, specify the following connection details:
   • Host: Hostname where the database is installed. For example, server.ibm.com
   • Username: Username of the system. By default, For example, virtuo
   • Password: Database password
   • Database SID: SID name to connect. By default, vtdb.
8. Click Get Summaries. The database connection is tested.
9. Click Next.
10. On the Select Installed Packs page, select one or more technology packs from a list of the installed technology packs on the system. Select UDC from the Select Installed Packs page if you want to create a Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager common pack data model with user-defined summaries. Make sure that the provisioned summary definition file has summary type as user. For more information about the complex summary definition and the associated entities in the XML file, see Complex summary definition in the Administering Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager - Wireless Component. Or, select the technology pack if you want to use the custom summaries.
11. Click Next. The Select Summaries page opens, showing all of the summaries that are associated with the selected technology packs.
12. Select the required summaries by vendor, entity, or summary name.
13. Select the appropriate check box to filter the selected summaries by raw, hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly intervals. Select the All summaries check box if you want all.
14. Click Next.
15. On the Model Details page, specify the following information:

    Option	Description
    Name	The model name. Important: You must not use special characters in the model name.
    Version	The model version.
    Vendor	The vendor name.
    Technology	The model technology. Important: You must specify the correct technology for the model to be generated correctly.

16. On the Save As page, verify the name for the Common Intermediate Format (CIF) file (.tnpmmodel), select your project folder, and then click Finish.
17. In the Project Explorer, select the CIF file to see the contents.
18. Expand the Summary Definition Set to see the summary definitions in the model.
19. Select Window > Show View > View Properties to see the constituent metrics.
20. If you are satisfied with the CIF file contents, update the model properties file as described in Creating a model properties file.
21. Generate a Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager common pack data model as described in Generating the Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager common pack data model contents.
22. Publish the Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager common pack data model by using Framework Manager. For more information, see Publishing a Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager common pack data model.