Defining Monitoring Profiles for KPIs

Defining a monitoring profile enables you to group several KPIs together and monitor them at once. The monitoring profile also defines the scheduling interval and the retention time for all KPIs within the profile. If these two properties need to be adjusted, a new profile is required, or you must adjust the scheduling interval (period) and retention time manually as described in the chapter Changing the Monitoring Settings of a Collector Job.

Default KPIs have an already predefined and assigned monitoring profile. You can also create custom monitoring profiles to define a custom list of default KPIs to be monitored. For example, if you want to exclude any default KPI from the default monitoring profile, you must create a new custom profile as described in the chapter Excluding Default KPI(s) from Default Monitoring.

Before starting the monitoring of a KPI, you must assign a KPI to a monitoring profile. You can only execute the monitoring of a KPI on a specific system under one monitoring profile.

NOTE You can create and assign a KPI to multiple monitoring profiles, but only one of these profiles will be enabled during the monitoring.
If you assign a KPI to multiple monitoring profiles, see the instructions on how to start or stop the monitoring of a KPI with a monitoring profile.

Proceed as follows to create a custom monitoring profile:

  1. Start transaction /DVD/MON and click Settings > Monitoring settings. Alternatively, you can start transaction /DVD/MON_CUST.

  2. Double-click Profile definition.

  3. Click New Entries.

  4. Fill out the following information:

    1. Monitoring profile name and Description.

      NOTE You can only create or modify monitoring profile names that start with Y* or Z*. Default monitoring profiles that do not start with Y* or Z* cannot be changed. 

    2. Profile for monitoring area (optional): This is the recommended monitoring area for KPIs. This field is for information purposes only. It informs other users that they should only assign this monitoring profile to KPIs with the same defined monitoring area.

      For more information about how to check the monitoring area of a KPI, see the chapter Monitoring Areas.

    3. Period value (optional): This is the recommended time interval for how often the KPI is collected. This field is for information purposes only. It informs other users about the period they should enter when starting the monitoring of this KPI. 

    4. Retention time (days) (optional): This is the recommended time for storing KPI data in a system before this data is deleted. This field is for information purposes only. It informs other users about the retention time they should specify when scheduling the monitoring of this KPI.

    5. Changelog: This area provides information about the user who created and changed the profile along with a time reference.

  1. Click Save.