Difference between revisions of "Exporting rules to Excel"
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| − | In the Web GUI select Device > Setup > Operations and click on Export Named Configuration Snapshot | + | #In the Web GUI select Device > Setup > Operations and click on Export Named Configuration Snapshot |
| − | From the pop-up menu select running-config.xml, and click OK | + | #From the pop-up menu select running-config.xml, and click OK |
| − | Now edit the xml file and remove all tags '''until the first''' <security>, and also remove all tags '''after''' </security> | + | #Now edit the xml file and remove all tags '''until the first''' <security>, and also remove all tags '''after''' </security> |
| − | Add a header: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | + | #Add a header: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
| − | Now do a find and replace option for keyword <member>, replace <member> with blank (nothing) | + | #Now do a find and replace option for keyword <member>, replace <member> with blank (nothing) |
| − | Save as policy.xml | + | #Save as policy.xml |
| − | Open a new Excel Spreadsheet and click on MenuBar DATA > From Other Sources > From XML Data import | + | #Open a new Excel Spreadsheet and click on MenuBar DATA > From Other Sources > From XML Data import |
| − | To improve visualisation, replace “ “ (space) with blank (nothing) | + | #To improve visualisation, replace “ “ (space) with blank (nothing) |
| − | To export Address-Groups, generate a new copy of running-config.xml and save it as address-group.xml. | + | #To export Address-Groups, generate a new copy of running-config.xml and save it as address-group.xml. |
| − | Search for tag <address-group> and delete all the text '''before''' this tag and also delete all the text '''after''' the tag </address-group> | + | #Search for tag <address-group> and delete all the text '''before''' this tag and also delete all the text '''after''' the tag </address-group> |
Revision as of 20:28, 20 September 2016
- In the Web GUI select Device > Setup > Operations and click on Export Named Configuration Snapshot
- From the pop-up menu select running-config.xml, and click OK
- Now edit the xml file and remove all tags until the first <security>, and also remove all tags after </security>
- Add a header: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
- Now do a find and replace option for keyword <member>, replace <member> with blank (nothing)
- Save as policy.xml
- Open a new Excel Spreadsheet and click on MenuBar DATA > From Other Sources > From XML Data import
- To improve visualisation, replace “ “ (space) with blank (nothing)
- To export Address-Groups, generate a new copy of running-config.xml and save it as address-group.xml.
- Search for tag <address-group> and delete all the text before this tag and also delete all the text after the tag </address-group>