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# Navigating the Cacti User Interface
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The Cacti User Interface is visually broken into multiple sections. Each major
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section is navigated to by clicking on a **Top Tab**. By default, Cacti has
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four major sections called *Console*, *Graphs*, *Reporting* and *Logs*, though
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Administrators can add additional **Top Tab** sections through both installing
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and enabling **Plugins** or by adding **External Links** to Cacti.
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Inside each of these sections, the page is broken into sub-sections. These
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Subsections include the *Navigation Area* and the *Content Area*.
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All pages include a *Breadcrumb* area a *User Profile and Menu* area, and in
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some themes a *Footer* area is also included. Additionally, in some *Themes*
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the *Breadcrumb* area is hidden.
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To use Cacti properly, you should first understand these sections. We will
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start by describing the Cacti *Console*.
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## The Cacti Console Top Tab
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The image below is of the Cacti *Console*. From the Cacti Console, we can see
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many of Cacti's User Interface areas.
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- **Top Tabs**
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Cacti **Top Tabs** provide Cacti with multiple **Navigation Areas**. By
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default, Cacti includes four **Top Tabs**. They are *Console*, *Graphs*,
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*Log* and *Reports*.
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- **Breadcrumbs**
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**Breadcrumbs** appear directly below the **Top Tabs**. Note that some Cacti
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*Themes* disable the **Breadcrumbs**. You can click on a **Breadcrumb** area
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to navigate to that area if desired.
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- **Cacti Content Area**
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This is where the main page content will be displayed. It is directly below
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the **Breadcrumbs** or the **Top Tabs** with some Cacti *Themes*. They can
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include any HTML that the **Plugin Author** or Cacti Administrator desires in
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the case of **External Links**.
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- **Navigation Menu**
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If you click on the Cacti *Console*, you will see an example **Navigation
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Menu**. These menus can appear on any Plugin based **Top Tab** page in
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addition to the Cacti *Console*.
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- **Cacti Tables**
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These tables are where table based data is rendered in Cacti. **Cacti
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Tables** are presented using an arcane, though easy to use API.
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- **Table Filters**
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Any **Cacti Table** can include a **Table Filters**. These filters can be
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used to limit the data returned to a **Cacti Table**.
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- **Actions Dropdown**
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Any page that includes a **Cacti Table** will generally include an **Actions
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Dropdown**. These **Actions Dropdown** menus allow you to take action on a
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table row or rows.
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- **User Profile and Menu**
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This is where a **Cacti User** can edit their profile, change their password,
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logout, or find links to other Cacti information and support.
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Normal users, such as the Cacti Guest account should not have access to the
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Cacti *Console*.
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## The Cacti Graphs Top Tab
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The Cacti Graphs **Top Tab** is where most Cacti **Graphs** are viewed. By
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default, the Cacti Graphs **Top Tab** includes three distinct views. They
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include:
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- **Tree View**
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Allows Cacti Users to view **Graphs** in the form of hierarchical **Trees**.
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These **Trees** are generally constructed by the Cacti Administrator and are
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controlled either at the **User** or **User Group** level.
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- **Preview View**
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The **Preview View** provides a view of all **Graphs** that a Cacti User has
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access to. **Table Filters** are provided to constrain the list of **Graphs**
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returned to the page.
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- **List View**
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The **List View** allows the Cacti user to Create their own **Preview Page**
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by allowing them to select graphs from various pages, and then finally view
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those pages from the **Preview View**.
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In the example **Tree View** page below, you can see the **Tree Navigation
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Area** to the left, and in the **Cacti Content Area**, you can see the
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**Graphs** and a **Table Filter** area for constraining the list of **Graphs**
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returned. You can *Search* the Tree View from the *Search* area above the
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**Tree Navigation Area**.
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Copyright (c) 2004-2021 The Cacti Group
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