2023-Nov-03-R11.1a

Support Signature Variables in NIT Replication Settings

When users build ADT to do intent-based network assessment, there is a high-frequency table structure as shown below.

Device “R1” has more than one row in ADT with different parameters. To build this ADT, users have to use NIC with signature variables, but it is complex to be maintained and used by users and NetBrain engineers.
The support of the signature variable in NIT replication settings can solve the above problem because:
  • The logic of building an ADT base table is self-contained inside NIT - easy to maintain and update after users deploy the ADT.
  • It doesn’t require NI to be executed – This separates the “compiling” and “executing” of ADT content.
The main flow to resolve the problem is as follows:
  1. In NIT replication settings, define signature variable as table column.
  2. In decoding process, signature variables will be calculated and saved to NIT decoded database (signature variables will be deduplicated automatically).
  3. In ADT building from NIT, signature variables are available to be added to table column