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Object documentationApp: A Metric for Several Managed Objects

 

The E2E Monitoring and Alerting Infrastructure (MAI) displays the performance and status of managed objects in complex, heterogeneous landscapes, centrally, in the System & Application Monitoring work center. There are various monitoring use cases, including System Monitoring, which monitors the status and performance of technical systems, technical instances, hosts and databases, in the SAP Solution Manager system landscape.

The work center for experts displays a lot of managed system metrics, events and alerts. This is sometime a little unclear, particularly if you initially only need a few metrics and events.

This app displays a metric or event, such as the availability of your most important ABAP systems, for managed objects.

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As the display and configuration of metrics and events are nearly identical in this app, they are both referred to as elements here, where information applies to both metrics and events.

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There are selectable elements for the following topics in this app :

  • Available space in the file system for various database types

  • Availability of technical instances, technical systems, and databases

  • CPU usage, memory space, file system and paging rate for hosts

  • Response times, status and usage of dialog system, for technical systems and instances

  • Status, usage and errors in background processing for technical systems

  • ABAP run-time error status

  • Number of users logged on, per system and instance

All elements delivered by SAP which you can display in this app are from System Monitoring, and are one of the following types of managed objects:

  • Technical system

  • Technical instance

  • Host

  • Database

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You can extend the set of selectable elements (see Extend Set of Selectable Metrics) beyond System Monitoring.

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You can display the values of between one selected element and nine managed objects, in the app. Make the selection in the configuration app (see Configure App: A Metric for Several Managed Objects).

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There is also an analogous app, with which you can display up to nine elements for a selected managed object (see App: Several metrics for one managed object).

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The app displays the name and technical name of the element. You can see its description with the blue icon with the white i.

The selected managed objects are displayed in a table. The following information is displayed:

Column

Meaning

Managed Object

Managed Object Name

Rating/Value

For a metric, its value and status, as provided by MAI, are displayed. Depending on the threshold settings of the metric, this can be a mean value or a rating.

You can display this setting in the SAP Solution Manager Configuration (transaction SOLMAN_SETUP), under Start of the navigation path System & Application Monitoring Next navigation step System Monitoring Next navigation step Template Management End of the navigation path, by selecting a template and, in the Metrics tab, choosing the Threshold Values tab.

For an event, only the status (red, yellow or green) and the text Rating Only are displayed, because an event has no value.

To display the history of the element, choose its row in the app. The Metric Monitor is called.

Integration

To display the app, add it to your personal dashboard, in two steps

Add personal dashboard to your SAP Easy Access Favorites

  1. In the SAP Easy Access menu, call Start of the navigation path Favorites Next navigation step Add Other Objects End of the navigation path.

  2. From the list in the Restrictions screen, choose Web-Dynpro Applications.

  3. On the Web Dynpro Application screen, in the Web Dynpro Application field, enter the name generic_dashboard_viewer.

  4. Enter a description, for example My Dashboard.

  5. Insert a row in the table Parameters, in the Name column, enter ALIAS, and enter PERSONAL_DASHBOARD in the Value column.

Put the app in your personal dashboard

  1. Call your personal dashboard in the SAP Easy Access menu (see above).

  2. To put the app in the dashboard, go to configuration mode by choosing Configure.

  3. Choose Add New App, in the Monitoring & Alerting Infrastructure category, choose the app One Metric for Several MOs, and choose OK.

  4. The configuration mode of the app is called; make the required configuration settings (see Configure App: One Metric for Several Managed Objects).

  5. Your changes are only permanently saved when you choose Save Dashboard.

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You can display several instances of this app, to display several elements for selected managed objects.

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