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Use

You can quickly and easily create your own monitors that meet your own special requirements. If, for example, you want to monitor the interaction between your CPUs, the operating system paging, and the dialog response time of your SAP R/3 Systems, you can create an Alert Monitor that contains only these monitoring tree elements (MTEs). You can decide whether this monitor covers one or more SAP R/3 Systems.

To be able to create a monitor, you must first create a tree structure. You have the following options for the individual nodes:

You can explicitly select MTEs for your monitor. Only the selected MTEs are added to the monitor, and the selection of the MTEs is not updated.

You can use the rule-based MTE selection (dynamic selection) to create your own monitor. In this case, the Alert Monitor inserts all MTEs that meet a certain rule into your monitor. If the MTEs that meet the rule change, the system automatically updates the monitor. In this way, your monitor is automatically updated if a new SAP R/3 System is added to the Alert Monitor.

Note

You can combine static and rule-based MTE selection in the same monitor.

You can define virtual MTEs to structure your monitor. Virtual nodes are used as titles or headings in the Alert Monitor. They have no function other than to group monitoring tree elements visually. For example, you can create virtual MTEs as titles for different groups of actual MTEs in your monitor.

Prerequisites

To be able to create or change a monitor, you must first activate the maintenance functions.

Procedure

  1. Choose CCMS ® Control/Monitoring ® Alert Monitor, or call transaction RZ20.
  2. Choose Extras ® Activate Maintenance Function.
  3. Choose one of the functions from the table:

Function

Menu Path

Create monitor

Choose the monitor set in which you want to create the monitor; ensure that it is a monitor set that you can modify (This graphic is explained in the accompanying text); choose Monitor(set) ® Create (This graphic is explained in the accompanying text).

Change monitor

Expand the monitor set and choose the monitor that you want to change; choose Monitor (set) ® Change (This graphic is explained in the accompanying text).

You can also change a monitor that has already been started by choosing Monitor ® Change (This graphic is explained in the accompanying text).

  1. The Alert Monitor displays the complete monitoring tree. In the uppermost line of the tree, the system displays the name of the monitor. You can now either add MTEs to your monitor or display or change the properties of existing MTEs. To do this, choose one of the functions from the table:

Function

Procedure

Insert static MTE selection

Choose the required MTEs from the list of Selectable MTEs This graphic is explained in the accompanying text. Only the selected MTEs are visible in the final monitor. The system displays the list at every point in the monitoring tree where you can insert statically created MTEs.

Insert rule-based MTE selection

Choose the node under which you want to insert a rule-based node; choose Edit ® Create Node (This graphic is explained in the accompanying text), and in the Create Node screen, choose the Rule Node radio button (see Rule Nodes: Rule Description and Use).

Insert a virtual MTE

Choose the node under which you want to insert a virtual node; choose Edit ® Create Node (This graphic is explained in the accompanying text), and in the Create Node screen, choose the Virtual Node radio button. Enter a name for the node.

Change node

Select the relevant node; choose Edit ® Change Node (This graphic is explained in the accompanying text). You can change different properties depending on the type of node.

Display node

Select the relevant node; choose Edit ® Display Node (This graphic is explained in the accompanying text). The system displays different properties depending on the type of node.

Delete node

Select the relevant node; choose Edit ® Delete Node (This graphic is explained in the accompanying text). The node is deleted, along with its subnodes.

Note

The following rules apply to the sequence of nodes in the monitoring tree:
  1. To save your monitor, choose Monitor definition ® Save or Generate Monitor (This graphic is explained in the accompanying text). If you are creating a new monitor, the system prompts you to enter a name for your monitor.

Example

The following graphic shows a simple rule-based monitor definition (for more information about the possible rules and display options, see Rule MTEs: Rule Descriptions and Use):

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If you choose Generate Monitor (This graphic is explained in the accompanying text) for this monitor definition, the system displays the following monitor:

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