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Information and resources about the main features of Guardian, and the tasks that you can do from the user interface (UI).
Smart Polling
Add a node from the Network page
Once you have created a Smart Polling plan, you can add arbitrary nodes to the target from the Network page. The Smart Polling plan will poll these nodes even if the plan's query does not return them.

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  - Sensors
  - Alerts
  - Assets
  - Queries
  - Smart Polling
    - Smart Polling in Guardian
      The Smart Polling page lets you view and manage Smart Polling.
    - Create a Smart Polling plan
      The Plans page lets you create a new Smart Polling plan.
    - Edit a Smart Polling plan
      It is possible to edit a Smart Polling plan that already exists.
    - Add a network node to a Smart Polling plan
      After you have created a plan, you can add a node, or multiple nodes, to it.
    - Add a node from the Network page
      Once you have created a Smart Polling plan, you can add arbitrary nodes to the target from the Network page. The Smart Polling plan will poll these nodes even if the plan's query does not return them.
    - Edit the run interval of a progressive Smart Polling plan
      You can manually adjust some aspects of Progressive mode plans. By default, each plan runs every 24 hours, but you can manually adjust this interval.
    - Progressive enablement
      You can enable progressive mode to increase visibility.
    - Enable progressive mode
      You can enable Progressive mode to increase visibility.
    - Log level customization
      Smart Polling logs self-diagnostic information about its operations and activities during execution.
    - View the enriched information history for a node
      The Node points page lets you view the enriched information history for a node.
  - Arc
  - Network
  - Process
  - Reports
  - Assertions
  - Time machine
  - Vulnerabilities
  - Administration
  - Personal settings
- Maintenance Guide
  Information about the maintenance tasks of Guardian, to help you administer and maintain the solution in a production environment.
- Print format documentation
  A list of all the print-format documentation that is available for Guardian.

Add a node from the Network page

Once you have created a Smart Polling plan, you can add arbitrary nodes to the target from the Network page. The Smart Polling plan will poll these nodes even if the plan's query does not return them.

In the top navigation bar, select icon > Network.
The Network page opens.
In the top right, select Nodes.
The Nodes page opens.
To the left of the name of the applicable plan, select the icon.
A dialog shows.
From the Select an existing plan to add the node to dropdown, select the plan you want to add the selected node to.

Note: Fields that are not modified in this dialog are automatically populated with the plan-configured values.

A dialog shows.
Edit the field(s) as necessary to change the parameter(s) of the existing plan.
Select Add.

The node(s) has (have) been added to the Smart Polling plan.