Once your system is properly installed and configured, you can import the basic FileNet Business Activity Monitor objects included with the system, then start exploring the FileNet Business Activity Monitor software.
The FileNet Business Activity Monitor (BAM) software retrieves its data from the Process Analyzer database, which, in turn, receives its data from the running workflows. Therefore, the following FileNet P8 modules must be running and communicating with each other:
To confirm that Process Analyzer is correctly retrieving data from the running workflows
Otherwise, check Process Configuration Console to confirm a default event log.
FileNet Business Activity Monitor software provides optional pre-configured Business Activity Monitor objects to access the workflow and work item data stored on the Process Analyzer, as well as additional objects for more advanced activity. To use these objects, you must first import them into the FileNet Application Workbench, then you can use them as is or modify them.
A Dashboard contains one or more charts or reports to graphically display selected data. If you have imported the optional Business Activity Monitor projects, you can view pre-defined dashboards and dashboard objects (charts) that display the data from the running workflows and work items. See Using FileNet BAM Dashboard for a detailed description of the FileNet Operational Dashboard.
Use the following steps to examine the various dashboard objects
We suggest that you import only the OOTBConfiguration project, leaving the Buckets and Thresholds projects until later.
The JDBC Agent provides a connection to your Process Analyzer database to retrieve the data for the BAM events.
Explore the Dashboards specified in OOTBConfiguration
At this point, we can modify the dimension for the X-axis, or specify a filter to display only items that meet specific criteria.
Look at the Dashboard objects
The FileNet Application Workbench is where developers define the queries to retrieve data from the Process Analyzer database, define views of that data, and specify rules and alerts that provide the data for the dashboard objects. If you have imported the optional Business Activity Monitor projects, you can view how these objects are defined. See Using FileNet BAM Workbench or FileNet BAM Server Reference for a detailed description of the FileNet Application Workbench and the related BAM objects, respectively.