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MONITOR SETTINGS - OTHER DISPLAY SETTINGS

Using the Other Display Settings subnode of the General node in the MONITOR SETTINGS page, you can customize the other displays in the monitor interface.

The settings that can be configured using the OTHER DISPLAY SETTINGS section are as follows:

  • Default refresh frequency for monitor webpages(secs): Indicates how often the web pages of the eG monitor module need to be refreshed. By default, this is set to 90 seconds.

  • Google map key: Administrators of large infrastructures spanning geographies might prefer to monitor their infrastructure by viewing it as smaller, more manageable business units. In eG parlance, these business units are termed ZONES. A zone can comprise of individual components, segments, services, and/or other zones that require monitoring. Typically, zones can be used to represent the status of the IT infrastructure in a specific geographic location. eG Enterprise allows you to drill down on a geographic map to visually figure out the exact geographic area where a zone operates, and instantly evaluate the performance of the different zones spread across the different locations worldwide. The geographic map display for zones is achieved through an integration of the eG Enterprise management console with the Google maps service. To enable the integration, a Google Maps API key is required. This key is bundled into the eG manager, and is automatically displayed here.

  • Daywise distribution reports in : By default, the Event Duration Analysis section in the Reporter Dashboard and Executive Reports depicts the duration (in minutes) for which the target environment/entity (as the case may be) had experienced performance issues every day during the given Timeline. Instead of the problem ‘minutes’ per day, if you want this day-wise event distribution to indicate the ‘percentage of time’ every day the target entity suffered performance degradations, then set the Daywise distribution reports in flag to Percentage.

  • View for aggregate components: This option will be available only if the eG license enables Metric Aggregation. If so, then, you can pick an option from this list to indicate the default view for aggregate components in the eG monitoring console. If the Dashboard option is chosen, then, clicking on an aggregate component in the monitoring console will invoke the aggregate dashboard. Selecting the LayerModel option on the other hand, will lead you to the layer model of the aggregate component that you click on.

  • Sort components in dashboards : By default, in the Components At-A-Glance section of the Monitor and Zone dashboards, the component-types are sorted in the descending order of the values in the Count column of the section. If you want to change this default sort order - i.e., if you want the contents of this section to be arranged in the alphabetical order of the component-types by default - set the Sort components in dashboards flag to By component types.

  • Components count in segment/service/zone list: The SEGMENT LIST, SERVICE LIST, and ZONE LIST pages in the eG monitoring console reveal the current state of all the segment, services, and zones (respectively) that have been configured in the target environment. To make sure that the lists are not cluttered, by default, against each segment/service/zone displayed in these pages, only the top-10 components associated with that segment/service/zone will be displayed. This is because, the Component count in segment/service/zone list is set to 10 by default. The top-10 component list is arrived at by sorting all the components associated with a segment/service/zone on the basis of their current state and then arranging them in the alphabetical order of the component names. If you want more components to be displayed in these pages, then, you can specify a value of your choice in the Component count in segment/service/zone list text box. To display all components, specify -1 here.

  • Display component types in segment/service list : Some administrators might prefer to view the abnormal component-types associated with a problem segment/service, rather than component names, in the SERVICE LIST or SEGMENT LIST pages. To achieve this, such administrators can set the Display component types in segment/service list flag to Yes.

  • Show icon for component type : By default, an icon prefixes every component listing in the COMPONENT LIST page of the eG monitor interface, representing the component-type. In target environments where a large number of components are managed, these icons could cramp the component display. To avoid this, you can set the Show icon for component type flag to No. Doing so removes the icons from the COMPONENT LIST page, and replaces them with the names of the corresponding component-types.

  • Show icon for segment: By default, an icon prefixes every segment listing in the SEGMENT LIST page of the eG monitor interface, representing the segment. In target environments where a large number of segments are managed, these icons could cramp the display. To avoid this, you can set the Show icon for segment flag to No. Doing so removes the icons from the SEGMENT LIST page.

  • Show icon for service group: By default, an icon prefixes every service group listing in the SERVICE GROUPS LIST page of the eG monitor interface, representing the service group. In target environments where a large number of service groups are configured, these icons could cramp the display. To avoid this, you can set the Show icon for service group flag to No. Doing so removes the icons from the SERVICE GROUP LIST page.

  • Show icon for service: By default, an icon prefixes every service listing in the SERVICE LIST page of the eG monitor interface, representing the service. In target environments where a large number of services are configured, these icons could cramp the display. To avoid this, you can set the Show icon for service flag to No. Doing so removes the icons from the SERVICE LIST page.

  • Show all descriptors for a component: By default, when you click on a particular layer in the monitoring model of a component, all the tests mapped to that layer, and all descriptors that have been enabled for the descriptor-based tests (if any), will be displayed in the Tests panel of the layer model page. Some tests support a large number of descriptors. For instance, the UserProfileTest reports the profile size of each and every user to a Citrix or Terminal server. When such descriptors are displayed, they will naturally crowd the Tests panel. To enhance the ‘look and feel’ of the layer model page, you can switch off descriptor display by default. To ensure this, set the Show all descriptors for a component flag to No.

  • Show segment(s) in service list: By default, against each service displayed in the SERVICE LIST page in the eG monitoring console, only the components (top-10, by default) associated with that service will be displayed. This is why, the Show segment(s) in service list flag is set to No by default. If you want the segments associated with a service to also be displayed alongside the service name, then set this flag to Yes.

  • Show component(s) in service list: By default, against each service displayed in the SERVICE LIST page in the eG monitoring console, the components (top-10, by default) associated with that service will be displayed. Accordingly, the Show component(s) in service list page is set to Yes by default. To hide the component list, set this flag to No.

    • Note:

    If required, you can set both the Show segment(s) in service list and Show component(s) in service list flags to No. If this is done, then neither the segments nor the components associated with a service will be displayed against the service name in the SERVICE LIST page. Instead, you will only find a list of fully-configured services and their state in this page.

  • Show Segments in : Indicates how segments are to be displayed by default, in the eG monitoring console. Select the List view option if the services are to be displayed in a vertical list. By default, the Grid view option is chosen indicating that the segments will be listed in a grid format.

  • Show Services in : Indicates how services are to be displayed by default, in the eG monitoring console. Select the List view option if the services are to be displayed in a vertical list. By default, the Grid view option is chosen indicating that the services will be listed in a grid format.

  • Show Zones in : Indicates how zones are to be displayed by default, in the eG monitoring console. Select the List view option if the zones are to be displayed in a vertical list. By default, the Grid view option is chosen indicating that the zones will be listed in a grid format.

  • Date format to be used : The default date format for the eG user interface is MMM, dd, yyyy. You can change this default format depending upon the country you are in, by selecting a different format from the Date format to be used list.

  • Default language : The eG manager provides multi-language support, but the default language is ‘ENGLISH’. To configure the eG manager to support a different language by default, select the language of your choice from the Default language list.

  • When a problem component is clicked: Select an option from this list to indicate what should happen when a problem component is clicked in the eG monitoring console. By default, clicking on a problem component leads you the layer model page, where you can directly view the problem layer, problem test, and problem measure. Accordingly, the Go to problem measure option is chosen from this list by default. On the other hand, if you want only the layer model of the problem component to appear when you click on it, then, pick the Go to layer model option from this list. In this case, you will have to manually drill down from the layer model to the problem measure.

Finally, click the Update button to register the changes made in the OTHER DISPLAY SETTINGS section.