General Settings

• Display Name/Role Icon. Role label and customizable icon.
• Description. Optional description. Describe the purpose for the role.
• Source. Indicates if role is the same as the built-in role (Default), a variant of the built-in role (Modified), or entirely user defined (Custom).
• Weight. Consider this weight or rank of precedence when deciding the most suitable role choice between two or more role matches.
• Set as Network Device. Consider this a device that handles or directs network traffic and add the appropriate performance and interface monitors to it.

You now have the ability to upload any image for use as a device icon on the map based on its assigned role directly from the Role Editor interface. To do so, first ensure you've accessed the Role Editor wizard with the role for which you'd like to change the icon selected in the Roles and Sub Roles Library.

1. In the Role Editor wizard, click Change to launch the Change Role Icon dialog, then select the Uploaded Icons tab.
2. Click , then browse to and select a .svg or .svgz image file. Your new icon now appears as an option in the role icon library.

   Caution: Files must be less than 1MB in size to be successfully uploaded as icons to WhatsUp Gold.

3. Select the icon in the Change Role Icon dialog.
4. Click Save.

Note: Custom icons are stored locally on the WhatsUp Gold server. They are not backed up in the database. To retain your custom role icons after migrating the database to another WhatsUp Gold server, copy the applicable .svg files to the target folder on the new machine. By default, custom icon files are stored in the following location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Ipswitch\WhatsUp\html\NmConsole\resources\Wug\images\device_icons.

See Also Roles/Sub Roles Library Roles/Sub Roles New/Edit Wizard Building Rule Sets for Device Detection Associated Roles Associated Sub Roles Attributes Monitors Configuration Management Tasks