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Table 1 Precise for J2EE workspaces
| Workspace | Description |
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| Dashboard | Lets you quickly visualize the overall health and status of all instrumented application server instances. The Dashboard workspace provides support for detailed views of individual application servers, as well as top-level summary views of multiple application servers. See “About the Dashboard workspace” on page 19. |
| Activity | Lets you investigate your JVM execution tree in a deep or shallow manner, and to track SQL execution, locks and exceptions in the same manner. See “About the Activity workspace” on page 22. |
| Memory & Statistics | Lets you examine Application Server metrics. See “About the Statistics workspace” on page 39. |
You can easily switch between the different workspaces using the Workspace Selection bar. See “Switching to a different workspace” on page 14.
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Table 2 Precise bar functions
| Icon | Name | Description |
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 | Back | During a work session, keeps track of where you have navigated to. The Back button enables you to navigate between previously visited views. The Back control displays your previous view. |
 | Forward | Enables you to navigate to the next view. This button is only enabled if you clicked Back or if you chose a history option. |
 | AdminPoint | Opens Precise AdminPoint. |
 | Home | Navigates to the highest level entity, usually the instance or AppTier (all instances). The time frame settings remain the same. |
 | Stop | Stops a request for information from the server. |
 | Refresh | Updates the data currently displayed. |
 | Favorites | Enables you to add or remove favorites in your Favorites list. |
 | Opens the Print Option dialog where you can select the area of the screen to print. | |
 | Opens the default email program with a link in context to the displayed environment. | |
 | Settings | Opens one of the following setting configuration:
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 | Help | Opens the online help in context. |
About the Main area
In most workspaces, the left or top area is the Main area. This area displays an overview of all instances monitored by your Precise product. This information can be displayed in either graph, table, or tree format. The time frame that the information is displayed for can be seen in the workspace toolbar, alongside the selected instance name (and drop-down menu) and auto-refresh status. The times displayed are the local times on the FocalPoint server where the page was generated.
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Table 3 Information displayed in the Findings area
| Column | Description | ||
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| Severity | The severity of the finding is calculated using a formula. The position of the finding in the list is determined by an internal scoring system that is based on the knowledge of Precise product experts. The severity is indicated by the following colors:
By default, findings are displayed according to severity. | ||
| Finding | A short name of the Finding. | ||
| Context | Entity/Method name (unless specified for the whole instance). The entity/method name is a short name but the long name is displayed in the ToolTip. Some of the findings are identified in specific Methods while others are relevant for the entire instance. In the latter case, a finding is specified as an instance-related finding.
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| Finding overview | Displays specific details regarding the finding in context.
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| Learn more (advice) | Provides recommendations for solving the selected finding. For each finding, it lists all relevant pieces of advice and all applicable solutions. You should carefully review all data for the finding and then choose the advice that best suits your needs.
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| Proceed with the following (bullets) | Provides expert knowledge about the selected finding. The information displayed will direct you if you have difficulties deciding which advice to take or which solution to implement.
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Investigating a finding
Perform the following steps to investigate a finding.
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Table 4 Column display modes in tables
| Display Mode (Icon) | Description |
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Normalized Graph (  ) | This mode displays the breakdown bar in full size for each entity. In this mode you can clearly see the relative breakdown per type for each entity in the table. |
Stacked Bar Graph (  ) | This mode displays a normalized view of the breakdown bar for each entity in relative size to the entity with the highest value. In this mode, you can see the actual breakdown per type (in seconds) for each entity. |
Numerical (  ) | This mode displays the numerical value in the relevant unit size. |
Bar Graph (  ) | This mode displays a solid bar graph for each entity in relative size to the entity with the highest value. |
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- Type the URL address of the StartPoint user interface into the Address bar of your browser and press Enter. The Precise login page opens. The login page provides secure access to Precise and to your specific product.
- Specify your authorized role name and password. By default, both the role name and password are
admin. For more information on role names, see the Precise Administration Guide. - Click Login. The StartPoint page opens. This is the Precise home page.
- On the StartPoint page, click the Experts TPM icon on the top right side and select J2EE.
- Precise for J2EE opens to the Dashboard workspace.