In monitoring business operations, WebSphere® Business Monitor uses
business models, which are represented in business measures models.
The following overview shows the steps in the monitoring process from
representing a business model to monitoring metric and KPI values:
- Using WebSphere Business
Modeler, represent
the business model by modeling the business work flow within
the organization and specifying measurable entities.
- Create the business measures model in
the Business Measures editor, a component of WebSphere Business
Modeler.
Based on the business model,
the business measures model is created to
specify correlation between activities, event emission points, event filters,
event composition rules, and situations. The Business Measures editor also
defines the KPIs and metrics that are to be measured.
- Export the business measures model from
the Business Measures editor.
- Using the Schema Generator, open the exported business measures model by
using the WebSphere Business Monitor administrative console .
- Generate the database schemas and the associated artifacts of the business measures model.
- Configure the WebSphere Business Monitor databases
according to the generated artifacts.
- Using the Model Import page in the administrative
console, import the business measures model to WebSphere Business Monitor.
- Configure the WebSphere Business Monitor dashboards
through the WebSphere Portal administration
console
- Use the WebSphere Business Monitor dashboard
views to monitor the changes in values of the metrics and KPIs.