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Spotlight on SAP ASE 2.11 - User Guide

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Alarm Filters

Filter the contents of the Alarm Log pages (Spotlight Today, Alarms by Time and the Alarm Log).

The performance of Spotlight generally improves when you choose a smaller period of time to view.

To filter alarms

  1. Open one of the Alarm Log pages.

    Click one of:   .

  2. Click .
  3. Select from the following:

    Option

    Description

    Show All

    Do not filter.

    Filter by severity

    Filter by the value of the alarm severity.

    Filter by age

    Filter by the age of the alarm.

    Notes:

    • Not applicable to Spotlight Today.
    • Select a predefined time period or the Custom age filter to set a customized time period.

    Filter by Connection

    Filter by the connection that raised the alarm.

    Note: Applicable to Spotlight Today.

    Show / Hide Snoozed Alarms

    Ignore (Snooze) Alarms

    Modify Custom Filters

    Specify filter rules that govern when alarms are displayed. Custom Filter Rules Dialog

    Restore default filters

    Reset modified filters to their default values.

 

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Ignore (Snooze) Alarms

You may choose to snooze an alarm when:

  • A temporary situation causes an expected alarm whose existence is unimportant.
  • There is a known problem (a network problem, for example) that is beyond your control; and a continuing reminder of the problem is neither necessary nor desirable.

About Snoozed Alarms

  • Alarms that are snoozed still contribute to the Alarm Log.
  • Alarms that are snoozed still trigger historical snapshots, and are shown in the History Browser.
  • Alarms that are snoozed do not fire Alarm Log rules or take any associated actions.
  • An entry is written to the Alarm Log when a snoozed alarm is "unsnoozed".

Snooze

Alarms are snoozed from the Spotlight home page.

Requirement Procedure
To snooze an alarm
  1. Right click the home page component with the raised alarm and select Snooze alarm.
  2. Select the period of time: from five minutes to the duration of the Spotlight session.

The snooze icon is added to the home page component and alarm log entry.

Note: During the snoozed period, alarms on ALL metrics for this home page component are ignored.

To restore snoozed alarms

Right-click the snoozed home page component and select Snooze alarm.

The snooze icon is removed from the home page component and alarm log entry.

To show only snoozed alarms

Use the Alarm Log Filter dialog. Custom Filter Rules - Alarm Log Filter Dialog

This filter will recognize only components whose alarm status has changed during the snooze period. Other snoozed alarms will not be recognized. For example, if an alarm on the snoozed component was raised before the snooze period, and if that alarm status does not change during the snooze period, the alarm will not appear in the filtered Alarm Log.

 

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Custom Filter Rules Dialog

Specify filter rules that govern when alarms are displayed in the Alarm Log pages.

To open the Custom Filter Rules dialog

  1. Open one of the Alarm Log pages.

    Click one of:   .

  2. Click | Modify Custom Filters.

About the dialog

Option

Description

Show alarm entries when the following conditions are met

Rules are listed in the order they are applied.

De-select a rule to retain it but not apply it.

Highlight a rule to view, modify, delete, rename or move it.

Rule description

View the highlighted rule.

New

Click to create a rule. Custom Filter Rules - Alarm Log Filter Dialog

Modify

Highlight a rule. Click to modify the highlighted rule. Custom Filter Rules - 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 it 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 it higher up the list. It is applied sooner. Rules are applied in the order they are listed.

 

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Custom Filter Rules - Alarm Log Filter Dialog

Create and Modify the filter rules that govern when alarms are displayed in the Alarm Log pages.

To open the dialog

  1. Open the Custom Filter Rules dialog. Custom Filter Rules Dialog
  2. Click New or Modify.

To fill in the dialog

  1. Select one or more conditions. Selected conditions are transcribed to the Rule description window.
  2. Refine the rule description by clicking the underlined links as appropriate. Underlined links in red must be configured to acceptable values for the rule to be accepted.

Additional information to the Rule description

 

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