Displaying an Interface Channel Monitoring Scenario

To monitor interface channels for a selected scenario, display the following information:

Interface Channel Topology tab page:
- Landscape: In a graphical overview, display the interface channels between systems, by type.
- Detail information: Display the interfaces and attributes assigned to each interface channel.
- Metric Details: Display the status and current values of interfaces, by metrics

Dashboards tab page: On the level of interface channels or individual interfaces, for each metric, display the values for the selected time range. Values are measured in intervals of 1 minutes or 5 minutes, depending on the metric. If you have assigned attributes to the interface channels, you can filter the data.

Depending on the interface type, the following metrics are displayed, for example:

Interface Channel Type	Category	Available Metrics
RFC	Availability	Availability of RFC channel A simulated function call is executed every minute to measure the availability, as the percentage of successful function calls in an interval of 5 minutes.
	Performance	Number of RFC executions
	Performance	Average RFC response time in an interval of 5 minutes
	Exception	Number of RFC exceptions
Web Service (WS)	Availability	Availability of WS If configured, a simulated function call is executed every minute to measure the availability, as the percentage of successful function calls in an interval of 5 minutes.
	Performance	Number of WS executions
	Performance	response time in an interval of 5 minutes
	Exception	Number of WS exceptions
SAP NW PI	Performance	Total number of successful PI messages
SAP NW PI	Exception	Number of erroneous PI messages
SAP NW Gateway	Performance	Average response time of a service execution
SAP NW Gateway	Performance	Number of service executions
File system	Availability	Number of files available matching a file name pattern
	Performance	Size of files
	Performance	Age of files
IDoc	Exceptions	Number of erroneous IDocs
	Performance	Number of processed IDocs
	Performance	Average IDoc processing time
qRFC	Exceptions	Age of oldest critical status in group
	Exceptions	Number of qRFC entries with critical status in group
	Performance	Number of entries with interim status in group
	Performance	Age of oldest interim status in group
tRFC	Exceptions	Age of oldest entry in critical state
	Exceptions	Number of tRFC entries in critical state
	Performance	Number of tRFC entries in interim state
	Performance	Age of oldest entry in interim state
bgRFC	Exceptions	Age of oldest unit in error state
bgRFC	Exceptions	Number of erroneous queues/destinations

Prerequisites

You have configured an ICMon scenario. For more information, see Configuring an Interface Channel Monitoring Scenario.
You have display user authorization.

Procedure

Starting the Monitoring UI

In the Technical Monitoring work center, choose Interface Monitoring.
On the Interface Channel Monitoring tab page, select a scenario and choose the Interface Channel Monitoring pushbutton.
Define the time interval to monitor.
If you have created multiple scenarios and attributes, to display the scenario list and the attributes, if maintained, choose Filters.

Using the Interface Channel Topology Tab Page

To display the current status of a system or interface,
1. Choose Metric Details.
2. Double-click the status icons of an interface channel.
  Under Metric Details, the node is expanded and the current metric data is shown (the average response time in ms, for example).
  
  Note
  The Metrics Details view is only displayed if alerting was activated for the interface channel.
  
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To display the items on the Landscape dashboard app, as arranged by the administrator, choose Layout Public Layout .

Using the Dashboards Tab Page

To display the data for a certain interface channel only, in the legend of the chart, position the mouse on the name of the interface channel.
To drill down to individual interfaces, in the legend of the chart, double-click the interface channel, or on a data point in the chart.
If configured, you can drill down to performance metrics on the level of instances. This data is only available for RFC or web services interfaces.
If you want an interface channel or interface to be not displayed in the chart, in the legend of the chart click the name of interface channel or interface
If you have activated alerting, to display alert details and to process alerts, in the dashboard apps, choose Alert Inbox.
If exceptions occurred, you can start the Exception Management Cockpit, to have, for example, the following options:
- Display details of an exception
- Create an incident or a notification
For more information, see Exception Management.