Spotlight on SAP ASE 2.11

The categories you see in Spotlight depend on which Spotlight applications you have installed. This help page covers the standard categories. Individual Spotlight applications may contribute additional categories and options.

Category	Description
Alarms and notifications	How Spotlight reports unexpected events for your connections. Alarm actions Alarm smoothing Balloon help E-mail server Taskbar
Appearance	The look and feel of Spotlight, and details of what is shown. Chart configuration Color scheme Colors and flashing of alarms / Colors used in charts Slideshow
Data collection	When to collect data from a target system, and the best way to display it. Set the rate at which data is collected
Security	Password protection and user access. Password storage
Startup	How Spotlight behaves when it starts. Navigation tree Initial view
Storage	The locations for, and space assigned to, Spotlight history. See Spotlight History for more information. Note: Spotlight History is installed if you click Help \| About Spotlight \| Spotlight Modules and under the heading Spotlight Console see Light-weight XML repository. If your Spotlight application does NOT include the lightweight XML repository, it may employ a different method to store historical data and you should View the online help for your Spotlight application for more information.
Troubleshooting	Settings that may be needed to address Spotlight performance issues. Display performance

Notes:

To locate an option in the Options dialog, type a keyword into the Search field.
Additional customization options are available in the Spotlight Connection Manager, Metrics Dialog, Chart Properties - Chart Page, Grid Properties - Options Page and Home Page Properties - Options Page.

Alarms and notifications

Spotlight Basics describes how Spotlight applications work. It contains these sections:

Section	Description
Spotlight Connections	Create / Modify / Delete connections to systems, and monitor those systems.
Monitor Spotlight Connections	Monitor connections, detect alarms, investigate the cause of alarms.
Alarms	Alarms are the warnings that Spotlight raises when a metric falls outside its "normal" range of values.
Charts, Grids and Home Page Components	Spotlight displays provide detailed statistics of the monitored system, relevant to diagnosing the cause of alarms. Make the best use of them.
View \| Options	Customize Spotlight.
Troubleshooting	Solve problems using Spotlight.

Alarm actions

Define rules that determine the action Spotlight takes when alarms are triggered.

Note: An action rule does not take effect until an associated alarm is triggered.

To set action rules for alarms

Click View | Options.
Click Alarms and notifications | Alarm actions.

Configure as appropriate

Option	Description
Perform the following actions when the conditions are met.	Rules are listed in the order they are applied. Highlight a rule to view, modify, delete, rename or move it. Only selected rules are applied. De-select a rule to retain it but not apply it.
Rule description	A description of the rule selected: condition(s) triggering action(s) in the order listed.
New...	Click to create a rule. Alarm Actions - Alarm Log Filter Dialog
Modify...	Highlight a rule. Click to modify the highlighted rule. Alarm Actions - Alarm Log Filter Dialog
Delete	Highlight a rule. Click to delete the highlighted rule.
Rename...	Highlight a rule. Click to rename the highlighted rule.
Move Down	Highlight a rule Click to move the highlighted rule lower down the list. It is applied later. Rules are applied in the order they are listed.
Move Up	Highlight a rule. Click to move the highlighted rule higher up the list. It is applied sooner. Rules are applied in the order they are listed.

Alarm smoothing

Smoothing (also known as metric averaging) is used to prevent Spotlight from generating spurious alarms. It smooths out the peaks and troughs in Spotlight components by averaging the information that Spotlight collects over a specified period of time. It does not affect the charts or tables that display metric values; these continue to display metrics as they are reported.

Use this dialog to set default smoothing for all Spotlight metrics for the connection. To set smoothing for a specific Spotlight metric use the Metric editor. This overrides the default smoothing value for the metric. Metrics Dialog

To set default smoothing for Spotlight metrics for the connection

Select the Spotlight connection in the Spotlight Browser Live connections.
Select View | Options.
Select Alarms and Notifications | Alarm smoothing.
Use the Average over... slider to choose the time period over which you want to average metric values.

Note: The change is effective from the next refresh. Pause / Resume / Refresh

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