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(Not applicable to Online Data Proxy) The goal of monitoring is to provide a record of activities and performance statistics for various elements of the application. Monitoring is an ongoing administration task.

Use monitoring information to identify errors in the system and resolve them appropriately. This data can also be shared by platform and domain administrators by exporting and saving the data to a .CSV or .XML file.

Note Monitoring is only supported for object API applications. The equivalent support for OData applications is in domain logging. There are specific log buckets for OData based applications (Proxy Request/Response, Push, Error). To set up domain logging for OData, you configure a domain log in the default domain, create a domain log profile in a domain where application exists to specify the logging scope, and use SAP Control Center to trace the activities. See SAP Control Center for SAP Mobile Platform > Administer > Domains > Domain Logs.
The platform administrator uses SAP Control Center to monitor various aspects of SAP Mobile Platform. Monitoring information includes current activity, historical activity, and general performance during a specified time period. You can monitor these components:
  • Security log
  • Replication synchronization
  • Messaging synchronization
  • System messaging queue status
  • Data change notifications
  • Device notifications (replication)
  • Package statistics (replication and messaging)
  • User-related activity
  • Cache activity

To enable monitoring, platform administrators must set up a monitoring database, configure a monitoring data source or create a new one, and set up monitoring database flush and purge options. By default the installer created a monitoring database, however you can use another one if you choose. You must activate an application with a registered connection before you can monitor it.

To control monitoring, platform administrators create monitoring profiles and configurations, which define the targets (domains and packages) to monitor for a configured length of time. A default monitoring profile is created for you by the installer. Monitoring data can be deleted by the platform administrator as needed.

Table 1: System monitoring tasks
Task Frequency Accomplished by
Create and enable monitoring profiles One-time initial configuration with infrequent tuning as required SAP Control Center for SAP Mobile Platform with the Monitoring node
Enable domain logging One-time setup with infrequent configuration changes, usually as issues arise SAP Control Center for SAP Mobile Platform with the Domain node. Expand the node and select Start of the navigation path <<domainName>> Next navigation step Log End of the navigation path .
Review current/historical/performance metrics Routine SAP Control Center for SAP Mobile Platform with the Monitoring node
Identify performance issues Active SAP Control Center for SAP Mobile Platform with the Monitoring node
Monitor application and user activity to check for irregularities Active SAP Control Center for SAP Mobile Platform with the Monitoring node
Troubleshoot irregularities Infrequent Reviewing various platform logs
Purge or export data On demand SAP Control Center for SAP Mobile Platform with the Monitoring node