Starting Interface and Connections Monitoring

Configuring Global Filter Settings

In the Configuration window, you can set filters to monitor only specific interface channels. You can specify Channel Attributes (if configured for interface and connection monitoring) and Channel Types.

Using the Overview Tab Page

On the Overview tab page, you see wether there are alerts for the interface channels of the monitored scenarios. You can do the following:

Using the Topology Tab Page

On the Topology tab page, you select a monitored scenario to display graphical presentation of the scenario. In the Topology view, you get an overview of the interface channels and the systems or technical entities of the scenario.

The interface channels between the systems are marked according to their status:

You can click on an interface channel to view the Channel Details, for example the channel type, last activities, channel attributes (if configured), or channel interfaces.

Systems for which alerts exists are marked in red. In the View Settings, you have the following options for displaying the systems:

The following system monitoring statuses are indicated by traffic light colors (red, yellow, green, gray):

To view more information on the system monitoring statuses, click on the system to open the System Monitoring application in a separate browser window. The System Monitoring application displays a status overview of the selected system.

Using the Monitoring Tab Page

On the Monitoring tab page, you select a monitored scenario to display a detailed status overview of the interface channels of the scenario.

To view the Channel Details of the interface channel, click on a channel name. Channel details are, for example, the channel type, last activities, channel attributes (if configured), or channel interfaces.

To view the alerts for an interface channel in the Alert Inbox, click on the number of alerts for the channel.

Using the Analytics Tab Page

On the Analytics tab page, you select a monitored scenario to analyze metrics of the interface channels of the scenario.

For every interface channel type used in the scenario, you see various views that monitor different metrics. What kind of metrics are monitored in the views depends on the channel type. For example, the following views are displayed for RFC channels:

Initially, a view shows an overview of all interface channels of the same channel type. To view the current metric values for one of the interface channels, double-click on the interface channel in the legend of the view. Similarly, you can select individual interfaces of the selected channel. To return to the overview, use the bread crumb navigation at the bottom of the view.

For each view, you can switch between a chart view and a table view. To do so, choose Edit and then choose the view mode.

In the View Settings, you have the following options for each view:

Monitoring the Performance of Web Services

You can monitor the performance of the web services of an scenario on the Web Services tab page.

Select an interface monitoring scenario to see the following monitoring views for each technical system of the scenario:

For each monitoring view, you can choose Edit to switch between a chart view or a table view.

Personalizing Interface Monitoring Tab Pages and Monitoring Views

In the Personalization window, you can save personalized settings for tab pages and monitoring views. You can create personalized tab pages, add views to personalized tab pages, and save personalized settings for views. Here's what you do: