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The Control area includes the following elements:
- Configuration button
- Refresh button
- Filters
- Search – - Process Chains search box
- Time Frame
- Auto Refresh button
- Slider and Slicer
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Table 1-1 Configuration dialog box options
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| Refresh | Check to auto refresh, clear to disable auto refresh. |
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| Enter refresh rate in minutes (default is 10 minutes). | |
| Overall time range (last X weeks) |
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| Enter number of weeks (default is 4 weeks). | |
| Slider time frame width (x weeks) |
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Enter the number of weeks you want to display on the Gantt area |
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(default is 2 weeks). |
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| Alerts | Select the check box to show only MTEs with CCMS alerts. Clear the check box to show all |
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| MTEs (default is selected). |
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SLA and Email Alert settings are configured in the Precise AdminPoint. For more information, see the Configuring Precise for BW section in the Precise™ Administration Guide. |
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Located on the upper right-hand side of the screen. Click this button to refresh the information displayed and to update the Last Update time indicator.
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The Control area of the screen includes three filters which affect both the Gantt and Alerts Table displays. The following table provides a short description of each of these filters:
Table 1-2 Filter 2 Filter definitions
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| selector | Enables you to select the BW instance whose information you want to analyze. By default, the first Precise for BW instance on the list is selected. |
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| selector | Enables you to select Process Chains by their BW group. |
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| selector | Enables you to select whether to display all executions (All Process Chains) or only executions with alerts (Only Process Chains with alerts). |
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Enables searching for specific Process Chains within the defined Overall time range. It includes a text box for specifying the search string (allows both friendly and technical Process Chains names). The text box supports only the * wildcard patterns (e.g., *abc*, A*b, *c). The Tree, Gantt, and Alerts Table areas display only the list of Process Chains executions that match the search criteria.
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Three time frames have been defined to allow you maximum flexibility in viewing and analyzing the information. The following table describes each of them.
Table 1-3 Definition 3 Definition of the timeframes
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| Overall time |
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| range | Defines the full extent of data to be displayed by the application. All data displayed on the screen will be within the selected Overall time frame. The scroll arrows to the left and right of the Slider let you scroll back or forward respectively within those dates. The Overall time range can be configured using the Settings button located on the upper right-hand side of the screen. See |
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| frame | The Slider is located at the bottom of the Control area. It displays the amount of weeks defined in the Slider time frame setting. The Slider time frame can be configured using the Settings button located on the upper right-hand side of the screen. See “Configuration button” on page 9. |
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| frame | The Slicer time frame determines the date range of information displayed in the visible Gantt area. The Slicer width can be expanded or contracted by dragging its arrows to the left or right. The Slicer position on the Slider can be changed by panning it left or right. This last action will not affect the defined date range (width) of the Slicer. See “Slider and Slicer” on page 10. |
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Turns Auto Refresh On/Off. Same functionality as the Refresh button but offers you the choice to automatically refresh or not.
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The Slider and Slicer are part of an over-time bar located at the bottom of the Control area. They are designed to give you maximum visibility and flexibility in viewing the analyzed data. The Slider enables you to scroll through the Overall time range from beginning to end. The Slicer determines what ‘slice’ of time you choose to display on the Gantt area. In other words, the wider the Slicer setting, the more information (timewisetime wise) that is displayed on the Gantt. Additionally, the Slider displays the status of Process Chains as follows: Green if OK, Red if more than one Process Chain is red, Yellow if more than one Process Chain is yellow, and no color if there are no active Process Chains.
About the Tree area
The Tree area is located on the left side of the screen in front of the Gantt area. It has two levels: the first level displays Process Chains and the second level displays Processes. By default, only the first level or Process Chains are displayed.
Expanding a Process Chain to display its Processes is accomplished by clicking the arrow on the left side of the icon. Expanding a Process Chain also expands the Gantt to display all Process executions.
About the Gantt area
Each Process Chain/Process execution is represented by a bar on the Gantt. Currently executing Process Chains are displayed if they are active during the Gantt timeframe.
About conventions used
Process Chains, as well as their Processes, are sorted by the end time of the last execution in descending order. Current Process Chain’s end time is now, thus they will be on top.
The color of Process Chain icons is determined by the SLA status of its execution:
OK
Near-Breach
Breach
Failed
A red flag icon calls your attention to information you need to be aware of.
An icon at the end of an execution bar differentiates a currently executing Process Chain from a completed Process Chain.
A light blue bar indicates the Process Chain execution’s duration. When a Process Chain has breached or near-breached, a vertical line is displayed indicating the breach point. Bars in the Gantt are selectable and affect the Details area. For more information, see “About the Details area” on page 11.
If you hover with the mouse over an icon in the Gantt area, a tooltip is displayed indicating its name, SLA value (for Process Chains only), start and end time, and its duration. By default, the Gantt area displays the latest data.
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A legend at the bottom of the Gantt area displays all the icons used in the Gantt. |
Viewing individual executions
You can view information on individual executions by either hovering over the execution bar or by clicking on it. Hover over the bar to view general information (displays a ToolTip with the Process Chain’s Full Name, Start and End times, Near-Breach and Breach settings, Log ID, and Duration). Click on the bar to view detailed information in the Details area.
About the Details area
The Details area is located on the right side of the screen at Gantt level. It is a context sensitive area displaying details of the selected Process Chain execution or Process execution.
The Details area can be either enlarged or reduced by dragging the Details area resizer to the left or right respectively. This action will accordingly scale down or up the Gantt display without affecting the Slicer size or the data being displayed.
You can also hide the Details area by clicking the >> button on its upper right-hand corner.
Content
The following table describes the content displayed in the Details area according to the Process Chain or Process selected in the Gantt.
Table 1-4 Details 4 Details area content
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ETL Breakdown tab: (Graphical) ETL Breakdown This table displays the duration of each phase of the ETL process. additionally, it provides links to additional information. |
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BI Activity pop-up screen: Displays a 3 column (Component, Duration, and Link) table with two rows:
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Launches
Launches are represented by links labeled ‘Analyze’. Launches open in a new window. If components are missing for the launch, a popup screen informs you that the given component is not monitored by Precise. To enable the launch you must configure Precise to monitor the component(s).
Logs
Links to Logs open a pop-up window containing a table with a Timestamp column and a Message Text column. You can either copy the log to the clipboard for future pasting or you can print it directly.
If important messages in the log were identified, a flag is displayed next to the link. We recommend you read the log messages marked with this flag.
If the message information is truncated because of the column width, hover over it with the mouse and a ToolTip will display the complete information.
About the Alerts Table area
The Alerts table is displayed at the bottom of the screen. The vertical space it occupies on the screen can be either expanded or reduced by dragging the Alerts table resizer up or down respectively. This action will accordingly scale up or down the Gantt display without affecting the data being displayed.
The Alerts table includes two tabs: The Alerts and Findings tab and the CCMS Alerts tab.
Alerts and Findings
Precise Alerts raise an alert for any failed Process Chain or any breaches or near-breaches of the SLA. The table displays all alerts raised by Precise.
The time frame for the Alerts table is the Gantt timeframe. The Precise Alerts table displays the following columns:
• Process Chain Name – The name of the Process Chain.
• Technical Name – Process Chain Technical Name (Link). Clicking the name on this column triggers a scroll on the Gantt view to focus on the relevant execution.
• Start Time – The Process Chain start time.
• Execution Time – Execution time of the Process Chain.
• Root Cause Analysis – If available, clicking the link on this column displays a popup window with a root cause analysis description.
• Type – SLA breach, Near-breach, or Exception.
Clicking on a column header will sort the column. The table’s default sort is by the Alerts timestamp in descending order.
CCMS Alerts
Precise for BW displays CCMS alerts for the monitored instance. Only CCMS Monitors defined in a configuration file are displayed. The default monitors are:
• BI Accelerator Monitor
• BI Key Performance Indicators
• BI Monitor
To add more Monitors, see the Configuring Precise for BW section in the Precise™ Administration Guide.
The left side of the CCMS Alerts tab displays a tree showing a list of active monitors. The right side displays a table showing all the Alerts for the selected entity (monitor) in the tree.
The CCMS Alerts table displays the following columns:
• Status – Warning or failed.
• Timestamp – Time of the alert.
• Context – Context in which the alert was raised.
• Alert text – Text of the alert.
• Object name – Name of the object.
• Short name – Short name of the monitored instance.
Clicking on a column header sorts the column. The default sort is by the alerts timestamp, in descending order. Filtering is allowed. If enabled, only nodes that have alerts are displayed. If not, all nodes are displayed. The filter is enabled by default. See “Configuration button” on page 9.
If there are no alerts in the entire tree, a message is displayed. Clicking on a node in the tree displays all the alerts for that node in the tree area. Expanding a node in the tree displays the children of that node in the tree. No change will occur in the table area. Only open alerts are displayed. Time frame settings have no effect on the list. Closing an Alert or changing its settings from the user interface is not supported.
Pulling alerts from a Central Monitoring instance is supported. This is configured by indicating the instance name in the configuration file. For more information, see the Configuring Precise for BW section in the Precise™ Administration Guide.
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