KPI Tree and Context Menu

This chapter describes the organization of KPIs in the KPI tree on the main screen. Furthermore, it provides a short description of the KPI context menu.

For more information about displaying KPIs, see the chapter Displaying KPIs.

KPI Tree

In the KPI tree, the list of KPIs is divided into logical groups. Each group can contain other subgroups. The main group in the KPI tree is called All KPI. This group contains all the other groups. Most KPIs are organized into individual subgroups, but certain KPIs are not assigned to any subgroup. These KPIs are displayed at the end of the KPI tree under the main group All KPI.

You can add a specific KPI to one or more groups by clicking Edit next to the search toolbar. This button navigates you into the KPI group maintenance screen. For more information about KPI group maintenance, see the chapter KPI Groups.

KPI groups in the KPI tree have either an active or an inactive status. A KPI group is inactive only when all KPI values for the selected systems and servers were not collected in the selected time interval.

KPI Context Menu

The KPI context menu provides a default set of functions that you can execute for each KPI. To open the KPI context menu, right-click a specific KPI in the KPI tree. 

The following options are available:

  • KPI Info: Displays a pop-up with basic information about the selected KPI, e.g. the KPI name, description and unit. 

  • Find correlated KPI(s): Finds correlated KPIs for the selected KPI and displays the results in the KPI mix chart. For more information, see the chapter Displaying Several KPIs in the KPI Mix Chart.

  • Set threshold: Allows you to create a new alert definition. This option appears when no alert is set for a KPI. For more information, see the chapter Setting up an Alert with a Threshold.

  • Change threshold: Allows you to change the existing threshold values of an existing alert or create new thresholds. This option appears in the case of an alert have been already set for a KPI. For more information, see the chapter Setting up an Alert with a Threshold.

NOTE If you do not have sufficient authorizations to change the customizing, the Change threshold option not displayed in the KPI context menu. 

  • Anomaly settings: Allows you to create or change an alert for anomaly detection or simulate the behavior of a collector for anomaly detection. For more information, see the chapter Setting up an Anomaly Alert.

NOTE If you do not have sufficient authorizations to change the customizing, the Anomaly settings option is not displayed in the KPI context menu. 

  • Detail tables: Displays the detail tables associated with the collector that collects the selected KPI. This option is only available when a detail table exists and is assigned for the selected KPI. Otherwise, this option is not visible. For more information, see the chapter KPI Details Displayed in a Detail Table.

  • Add to favorites: Adds the selected KPI into the special KPI group Favorite KPIs. This option is only displayed if the particular KPI has not been added to Favorites KPIs yet. It allows you to create a list of your favorite KPIs all grouped together. This function is user-dependent, which means that you can create your own list that is not visible to other users. 

  • Remove from favorites: Removes the selected KPI from the list of favorite KPIs. If the selected KPI has already been added to the Favorite KPIs group, the Remove from favorites option is displayed instead of Add to favorites.

  • Suggest KPI: Opens an e-mail in which you can send a new KPI definition suggestion to SNP Support or any other recipient.