All graphs in the Visualizer use predefined icons to represent
entities and the types of attributes, such as addresses, and numbers.
You can customize the icons that display on Visualizer graphs or specify
an icon to use for a new attribute type.
Before you begin
Keep in mind the following constraints before customizing
Visualizer graph icons:
- Custom icons reside on the application server. Only users with
administrative privileges to the application server can add or change
custom graph icons. All Visualizer clients based on that application
server use the same icon set, so the change you make affects which
icons display on Visualizer graphs for each of those clients.
- Save custom icons to a separate icons folder on the application
server. Installing a new *.EAR file for the Visualizer removes all
custom graph icons. After installing a new Visualizer *.EAR file,
you can copy the custom graph icons from the icons folder to the designated
application server icons folder.
- Icons must be in .GIF format. The recommended size for the image
is 24 x 24 pixels.
- The names of the icons must match their corresponding attribute
type, in lowercase only. For example, if you add a new attribute type
called "Evidence Photo", the file must be named "evidence photo.gif"
for the Visualizer to recognize the custom evidence photo. Notice
in this example, both the attribute type name and the icon file name
contain a space.
About this task
Default Visualizer icon image files are stored on the application
server, typically in a folder called
images.
- Stop the application server.
- On the application server, find the default Visualizer
graph icon folder. Typically, this folder is located at IBM
Infosphere Identity Insight application server install_path/
was_apps/ibm-is-ii-visualizer.ear/eas-visualizer-client.war/images.
- Create a folder named graph under
the default Visualizer graph icon folder (the /images folder)
for your custom graph icon image files.
Note: The folder
name must be named graph.
- Save, copy, or move each icon image file to the new folder.
Example
If you created an attribute type named
FINGERPRINT_FILE and
you wanted a custom graph icon to represent that attribute type on
the Visualizer graphs, take the following steps:
- Create or obtain a suitable .GIF image file that is 24 x 24 pixels
to represent the FINGERPRINT_FILE attribute
type. Make sure that the image file name matches the attribute type
name and uses all lowercase letters, like this file name: fingerprint_file.gif
- On the IBM InfoSphere Identity Insight application server, locate
the images folder. For this example, the images
folder is located here: IBM-II_install/ was_apps/ibm-is-ii-visualizer.ear/eas-visualizer-client.war/images.
- Under the images folder, create a folder, named graph.
So the file path looks like this path: IBM-II_install/ was_apps/ibm-is-ii-visualizer.ear/eas-visualizer-client.war/images/graph
- Copy the fingerprint_file.gif image icon
into the graph folder.
What to do next
Restart the application server.