Saving and Resetting the Layout of a Monitor 

Use

The layout of a monitor includes the most important settings for the display of the nodes and the monitoring tree in general. This includes the following settings:

·        Active monitor-specific display options (see Display Options of the Alert Monitor)

·        Expanded and collapsed subtrees (see Actions in the Alert Monitoring Tree)

·        Selected nodes (see Selecting Nodes in the Alert Monitoring Tree)

·        Active monitor-view (see Display Types and Views of the Alert Monitor)

You can therefore use the layout to ensure that when the monitor is opened, especially important subtrees are already expanded, for example, or that certain nodes are already selected.

Saving a layout means that the monitor requires a longer load time when it is called. However, from experience, this only has an impact for large monitors (with more than 1000 nodes). For these monitors, you should decide whether the advantages of a monitor layout outweigh the disadvantages for you. To minimize the load time, you can also restore the standard layout for a monitor.

Procedure

Saving a Layout

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       1.      Choose CCMS → Control/Monitoring → Alert Monitor, or call transaction RZ20.

       2.      Expand the monitor set that contains the monitor that you require, and choose Monitor (Set) → Load Monitor.

       3.      Set the display of the Alert Monitor in accordance with your needs.

       4.      Save the layout by choosing Save (). If you are dealing with a large monitor, the system warns you that the load time of the monitor is increased by saving a layout. If you want to accept this, confirm the save.

Resetting a Layout

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       1.      Choose CCMS → Control/Monitoring → Alert Monitor, or call transaction RZ20.

       2.      Expand the monitor set that contains the monitor that you require, and choose Monitor (Set) → Load Monitor.

       3.      Choose Edit → Tree → Restore Default Layout.