Preparing an nTop Notebook for nTop Automate

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Objective:

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Procedure:

1. Prepare Inputs: Right-click on block inputs to declare them as the Notebook input variables.

• • Scalar and Text variable types are supported for passing input variables in the execution command.
• Boolean, Integer, Scalar, Text, File Path, Vector, Point, and Enum types are supported for passing input variables as JSON files.
• File import/export blocks work well with the Text or File Path variable.
• An enum type makes block drop-down lists as the Notebook input variables.

2. Prepare Output: Type the block object name in the output section.

3. Run your Notebook using nTop Automate: Use the command in Command Prompt.

ntopcl -j input.json -o output.json SampleFile.ntop

4. Check the return messages

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Download the Example file:

• Output.json
• input.json
• Sample File
• surface.txt

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