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Under certain circumstances, for example, in a network that spans a great distance, you will want to set the same parameters for defined groups of microwave links but not for all microwave links. You can set the same parameters for defined groups of microwave links by first defining the parameters for a single microwave link, sorting the microwave links according to their common attributes, and then copying the parameters to all microwave links in that group.

Figure 4.8: Microwave link Properties dialog box- Propagation tab

To define the parameters for a group of microwave links:

1. Define the parameters for a single microwave link, as explained in "Defining Parameters for a Single Microwave Link"

on page 175.

2. Select the microwave links to which you want to copy the parameters by:

• Grouping the microwave links (see "" on page 180)

• Sorting the microwave links (see "Sorting Microwave Links" on page 180)

• Filtering the microwave links (see "Filtering Microwave Links" on page 181) 3. Copy the defined parameters to the selected group of microwave links.

To select the microwave links to which you want to copy the parameters by grouping:

1. Select the Network explorer.

2. Click the Expand button ( ) to expand the Links folder.

3. Right-click the Microwave Links folder. The context menu appears.

4. From the Group By submenu, select the property by which you want to group the microwave links. Ensure that you chose a property that all the microwave links you want to modify and the microwave link with the modified parame-ters have in common.

The microwave links in the folder are grouped in separate folders by that property.

5. Right-click the folder with the grouped microwave links. The context menu appears.

6. From the context menu, select one of the following:

• Select Open Table > Geoclimatic Parameters from the context menu, if you want to modify geoclimatic parame-ters.

• Select Open Table > Links - Standard Parameters from the context menu, if you want to modify propagation and performance parameters.

The Microwave Links table appears.

7. Copy the parameters from the modified microwave link to the other microwave links in the group as explained in

"Pasting the Same Data into Several Cells" on page 66.

Once you have finished copying the parameters, you can ungroup the links by right-clicking the Microwave Links folder and selecting Group By > None from the context menu.

Sorting Microwave Links

To sort the microwave links to which you want to copy the parameters:

1. Select the Network explorer.

2. Click the Expand button ( ) to expand the Links folder.

3. Right-click the Microwave Links folder. The context menu appears.

4. From the context menu, select one of the following:

• Select Open Table > Geoclimatic Parameters from the context menu, if you want to modify geoclimatic parame-ters.

• Select Open Table > Links - Standard Parameters from the context menu, if you want to modify propagation and performance parameters.

The Microwave Links table appears.

5. Right-click the table column with the parameter you want to sort on. The context menu appears.

6. Select either Sort Ascending or Sort Descending from the context menu.

7. Locate the row in the Microwave Links table with the microwave link whose parameters you just updated and copy the parameters from the modified microwave link to the other microwave links as explained in "Pasting the Same Data into Several Cells" on page 66.

If the range of properties available in the Group By submenu has been configured as explained in "Customizing the Group By Submenu" on page 78, you can select additional properties by selecting More Fields from the Group By submenu.

Filtering Microwave Links

To filter the microwave links to which you want to copy the parameters:

1. Select the Network explorer.

2. Click the Expand button ( ) to expand the Links folder.

3. Right-click the Microwave Links folder. The context menu appears.

4. From the context menu, select one of the following:

• Select Open Table > Geoclimatic Parameters from the context menu, if you want to modify geoclimatic parame-ters.

• Select Open Table > Links - Standard Parameters from the context menu, if you want to modify propagation and performance parameters.

The Microwave Links table appears. You can now filter on a value in the table. You can either use a value that all micro-wave links to which you want to copy parameters have in common with the micromicro-wave link you previously modified, or you can use a value these microwave links do not have.

5. Select the value to filter on. To select more than one value, press CTRL as you click the other values.

6. Right-click the cell and select one of the following from the context menu:

• Filter by Selection: All microwave links with the selected value or values are displayed. You can now modify these microwave links as you would normally do with the entire Microwave Links table (see Figure 4.9 on page 181).

• Filter Excluding Selection: All microwave links without the selected value or values are displayed. You can now modify these records or make calculations on them as you would normally do with the entire Microwave Links table (see Figure 4.10 on page 181).

Ensure that you only select the cells of the microwave links you want to modify.

Figure 4.9: Filtering by selection (Sub-Band A>> B: 23G_28)

Figure 4.10: Filtering excluding selection (Sub-Band A>> B: 23G_28)

7. Copy the parameters from the modified microwave link to the other microwave links in the group as explained in

"Pasting the Same Data into Several Cells" on page 66.