Bulk actions#

A “bulk action” is an action that you can perform against multiple records. For example, you can bulk delete assets instead of having to delete them manually one by one. Bulk action commands appear under the Bulk Actions menu on the following (kinds of) pages in Hyperview:

Advanced Search
Assets By Type
Assets By Location

Note

This topic does not cover bulk importing assets or bulk importing custom properties as they are not available from the Bulk Actions menu. Furthermore, bulk actions related to user administration are not covered here.

Supported bulk actions#

Availability of bulk actions depends on two factors: your user role and your feature licenses. The following bulk actions are currently supported in Hyperview:

Bulk Action	Description	Minimum User Role	Relevant Feature License
Add Document Association	Associates a document with the selected assets	Power User	Document Management
Remove Document Association	Removes a document association from the selected assets	Power User	Document Management
Add Patch Panel Network Port(s)	Add new ports to selected patch panels	Power User	Connectivity
Add Network Port(s)	Add new ports to selected assets	Power User	Connectivity
Update Network Ports	Update port properties for selected assets	Power User	Connectivity
Delete	Deletes the selected assets	Data Center Manager	Infrastructure Management
Enable Monitoring	Turns on asset monitoring for the selected assets	Power User	Infrastructure Management
Disable Monitoring	Turns off asset monitoring for the selected assets	Power User	Infrastructure Management
Start Watching	Starts watching the selected assets for the current user	Read Only	Infrastructure Management
Stop Watching	Stops watching the selected assets for the current user	Read Only	Infrastructure Management
Update Access Policy	Updates the access policy for selected assets	Administrator	Infrastructure Management
Update Asset Property	Updates a specific property for the selected assets	Power User	Infrastructure Management
Update Business Entity	Updates or sets the Business Entity associated with the asset	Power User	Infrastructure Management
Update Custom Property	Updates a specific custom property for the selected assets	Power User	Infrastructure Management
Update Lifecycle	Updates asset lifecycle properties of the selected assets	Power User	Infrastructure Management
Update Model	Updates the type, model, and manufacturer for selected assets	Power User	Infrastructure Management
Update Control Operations Data Collector	Updates the control operations Data Collector for selected assets	Administrator	Rack Security or Firmware Management
Update Firmware Control Credentials	Updates firmware control credentials for the selected assets	Administrator	Rack Security or Firmware Management
Update SNMP Control Credentials	Updates SNMP control credentials for the selected assets	Administrator	Rack Security or Firmware Management

Performing a bulk action#

The user experience of performing a bulk action is virtually identical (see Bulk Delete example below) except for Update Lifecycle and Update Model (see below). For all bulk actions, only the user who initiated it will receive an email notification if the “Receive email notification…” option was selected.

Note

You can perform a bulk action against a maximum of 1,000 rows (spread across any number of pages in a multi-page grid).

Tip

Clicking the selection checkbox in the grid header selects all rows on the current grid page. To select rows on other grid pages, click a page link and proceed to select rows (all or individually, as needed).

Example: Bulk Delete#

Open an Advanced Search, Assets By Type, or Assets By Location grid showing one or more assets as a Data Center Manager or above.
Select the intended assets and click Bulk Actions → Delete. A modal will appear.
(Optional, but strongly recommended) Select the “Receive email notification…” option to receive an email notification when the bulk action is complete.
Click Delete. The modal will close. A success message will indicate that the bulk action is in the processing queue.

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Example: Bulk Update Lifecycle#

Open an Advanced Search, Assets By Type, or Assets By Location grid showing one or more assets as a Power User or above.
Select the intended assets and click Bulk Actions → Update Lifecycle. A modal will appear.
(Optional, but strongly recommended) Select the “Receive email notification…” option to receive an email notification when the bulk action is complete.
(Optional) To specify a State, select the corresponding checkbox and dropdown entry (Active, Planned, Procurement, Staging, or Retired).
(Optional) To specify a Commission Date, select the corresponding checkbox and date.
(Optional) To specify a Retirement Date, select the corresponding checkbox and date.
(Optional) To specify an End of Life Date, select the corresponding checkbox and date.
Click Update. The modal will close. A success message will indicate that the bulk action is in the processing queue.

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Example: Bulk Update Model#

Open an Advanced Search, Assets By Type, or Assets By Location grid showing one or more assets as a Power User or above.
Select the intended assets and click Bulk Actions → Update Model. A modal will appear.
(Optional, but strongly recommended) Select the “Receive email notification…” option to receive an email notification when the bulk action is complete.
Select the intended Type. Allowed types are listed in the following subsection.
Select the intended Manufacturer.
Select the intended Model.
Click Update. The modal will close. A success message will indicate that the bulk action is in the processing queue.

Interchangeable asset types#

You can change certain asset types to other types. For example, if you selected Blade Server, Server, and Node Server assets in step 2 of bulk updating models (see above), and selected the type as “Server” in step 4, then (assuming there are no errors) all those assets will be converted to servers.

Each line in the following list mentions types that are interchangeable:

Small UPS, UPS

Blade Server, Server, Node Server

Blade Network, Network Device

Blade Storage, Network Storage

Chiller, CRAC, CRAH, In Row Cooling

Furthermore, you can change an Unknown asset to the following known asset types (note that the reverse is not true):

Blade Enclosure

Blade Network

Blade Server

Blade Storage

Busway

Camera

Chiller

CRAC

CRAH

Environmental

Fire Control Panel

Generator

In Row Cooling

KVM Switch

Monitor

Network Device

Network Storage

Node Server

Other Device

Patch Panel

PDU

Power Meter

Rack PDU

Server

Small UPS

Transfer Switch

UPS

Utility Breaker

Virtual Server

Reviewing a completed bulk action#

The processing time for a bulk action ranges from a few seconds to a few hours, depending on the number of assets involved, the state of the job queue, and other performance factors.

If you selected the email notification option, you will receive an email once the bulk action is processed. The subject line of the email will indicate the Hyperview instance where you performed the bulk action (obscured in the screenshot for privacy). Furthermore, the email will mention:

The bulk action type that was performed
The start and end times for the bulk job (less than a minute for this example)
The number of assets affected
The bulk action status for each selected asset

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Note

Bulk actions are only executed against assets that are eligible at the time of processing. Therefore, the number of affected assets could be fewer than what you had originally selected. For instance, if you initiated an Update Lifecycle bulk action for a device, but another user manually deleted it before the action could be processed, then that particular bulk action will be invalid.