The KPIs tree has no data

The KPIs tree in the Scorecards, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and Gauges views does not display the data needed for configuring the views.

Processes that can be monitored in the Scorecards, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and Gauges view, are process aggregates. Process aggregates are included in the business measures model that is imported into WebSphere® Business Monitor Administrative Console. If the business measures model does not have process aggregates, no data can be displayed in the KPIs tree.

WebSphere Business Monitor can perform aggregate calculations across process instances only if the user of the Business Measures editor specifies KPIs for that process. When the business measures model is exported from WebSphere Business Modeler to WebSphere Business Monitor, an implicit aggregate process is created. It is appended with the “Aggregates” name to indicate that the KPIs within that process are only intended to be measured across the process instances to provide a measurement value for the process as a whole.

For example, in Business Measures editor, when you specify to measure one or more KPIs over a process named “Order Processing”, another process is automatically generated named “Order Processing Aggregates”. These two processes, “Order Processing” and Order Processing Aggregates” are included in one business measures model that is exported to WebSphere Business Monitor. Each process is considered a container for one or more business measures, so it is considered as a business measures group.

If the Business Measures editor user does not specify one or more KPIs for a process, the process aggregates will not be generated, and will not be included in the exported business measures model. When the business measures model is imported, the Scorecards, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and Gauges views, will not have the data needed for configuring the views because the KPIs tree will have no data.


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