Spotlight on DB2 6.10

You can change the appearance of the Spotlight console via Spotlight Options by using a simple point-and-click method. You can also create and save your own color scheme for Spotlight.

To set the appearance of Spotlight

Click View | Options
Select Appearance | Colors and flashing of alarms or Colors used in charts.

Select a Spotlight GUI component:

Component	Description
Main Screen	Change the appearance of the Spotlight home page.
Drilldowns	Change the appearance of Spotlight drilldowns.
Windows	Change the appearance of Spotlight editors and message windows.
Severities	Change the appearance of Spotlight alarms.
Chart colors	Change the colors used in Spotlight charts.

Click an item in the sample image or select it from the Item list.

Edit the item's appearance from the available (enabled) controls in the Appearance group.

Review the following for more information.

Appearance	Description
Item	Display the type of features whose appearance you can change.
Foreground	Click to display a color chart, and then click a color on the chart to use it as the foreground color for the current feature (or click More colors to display a wider range of colors to choose from).
Background	Click to display a color chart, and then click a color on the chart to use it as the background color of the feature (or click More colors to display a wider range of colors to choose from).
Gradient fill	Select to use a gradient fill color on the feature; clear to remove an existing color fill.
Text shadow	Select to use a text shadow on the feature; clear to remove an existing shadow.
Image	When you choose a feature that has a bitmap image associated with it, choose an alternative image from the list. Select Custom image to use a different bitmap in place of the default image.
Flash speed	A display option for severities. Select an option from the list.
Flash intensity	A display option for severities. Select an option from the list.

Optional: Click Save as to save the settings as a new color scheme.

Tip: Saved schemes can be selected from View | Options | Appearance| Color scheme.

Slideshow

Configure Spotlight to start slideshow mode when you are not actively using the application.

Select View | Options.
Select Appearance | Slideshow.

Configure as appropriate.

Option	Description
Start Slideshow mode if Spotlight remains idle	Select this option to put Spotlight into Slideshow mode for unattended activation. Specify the delay period before an unattended Spotlight begins its slideshow.
Only start if Spotlight is the active window	Start Slideshow mode only if the Spotlight window is the one you are currently working in.
Connection switching interval	Use this option to specify how long Spotlight displays an individual connection before moving on to the next.
Show the following connections during slideshows	Specify how Spotlight will cycle through the available connections If you choose Show connections with the following severity, select an option from the list.

Data collection

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.

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Spotlight on DB2 6.10 - User Guide

Color scheme

Colors and flashing of alarms / Colors used in charts

Slideshow

Data collection