You can either begin monitoring the system using the default views, or you
can add, change, or delete views before monitoring the system. The
following sections describe how to use existing views or create and configure
views from System Monitor. Views can contains one or more
monitors. Several default views are included in the installation of
System Monitor. You may use these default views or create new
views. Before you can create and configure views, you must log on to
System Monitor. For instructions on logging on to System Monitor, see Steps for logging on to System Monitor.
This section covers the following topics:
Steps for using default views
Steps for creating your own views
Steps for configuring views
Steps for deleting views
Perform the following step to use default views:
- Open System Monitor.
- In the left frame, select one of the views listed in Table 4 from the Views list.
The table describes which monitor or monitors are contained in the view,
and which display option is used. For descriptions of default monitors
used in the views, see Steps for reviewing default monitors.
Table 4. Default views
Default view
| Monitor(s) and display options
|
System Overview
| System Overview monitor displayed in a table tree
|
Collaboration Overview
| Collaboration Statistics monitor displayed in a table
|
Collaboration
|
- Collaboration Events monitor displayed in bar chart, and
- Event Rate monitor displayed in a meter
|
Collaboration History
|
- Historical Collaboration Flows monitor displayed in a stacked bar chart
- Historical Collaboration Flows monitor displayed in a line chart
|
Connector Overview
| Connector Statistics monitor displayed in a table
|
Connector
|
- Business Objects monitor displayed in a table
- Connector Subscriptions monitor displayed in a table
|
Maps and Relationships
|
- Map Status monitor displayed in a table
- Relationship Status monitor displayed in a table
|
Server Statistics
|
- Server Statistics displayed in a stacked bar chart
- Database Connections displayed in a table
- Message Queues displayed in a table
|
Server History
|
- Historical Server Statistics displayed in a bar chart
- Historical Server Flows displayed in a line chart
|
Flow Control
| Flow Control monitor displayed in a table
|
State Change Log
| State Change Log monitor displayed in a table
|
The table or chart for that view opens in the System Monitor main
window. For examples, see Examples of display options.
Perform the following steps to create a view:
- Click Create and Configure Views in the left frame of System
Monitor. The Create and Configure Views dialog box appears (see Figure 12).
Figure 12. System Monitor, Create and Configure Views dialog box

- Click the Create New View button. The View Name dialog
box appears.
- Type a name for the view in the View Name field, then click
OK. The new view name appears in the View field
of the Create and Configure Views dialog box.
- Select one or more monitors in the Select Monitor(s) list, or
select Select all to select all the monitors listed. Your
selections appear in the Order Monitors list.
- Use the up and down arrows to the right of the Order Monitors
list to put the monitors in the order you want to view them, from top to
bottom.
- Click Preview if you want to see a preview of the new
view.
- Click Save View. A "View was saved successfully"
message appears. The new view appears immediately under
Views in the left frame of System Monitor.
Perform the following steps to change an existing view:
- Click Create and Configure Views in the left frame of System
Monitor. The Create and Configure Views dialog box appears (see Figure 12).
- Select the view you want to change from the View list.
- Add monitors to or remove monitors from the view in the Select
Monitors list. The revised monitors for the view appear in the
Order Monitors list.
- Use the up and down arrows to the right of the Order Monitors
list to put the monitors in the order you want to view them.
- Click Preview if you want to see a preview of the new
view.
- Click Save View. A "View was saved successfully"
message appears.
Perform the following steps to delete a view:
- Click Create and Configure Views in the left frame of System
Monitor. The Create and Configure Views dialog box appears (see Figure 12).
- Select the view you want to delete from the View list.
- Click Delete View. A message appears, asking if you are
sure you want to delete the view.
- Click OK. The view is removed from the Views list in the
left frame of System Monitor.
