{"id":58909,"date":"2023-02-17T15:09:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T07:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/sentinel\/working-with-sentinel-monitors\/add-a-monitor\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T08:51:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T00:51:25","slug":"add-a-monitor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/sentinel\/working-with-sentinel-monitors\/add-a-monitor\/","title":{"rendered":"Add a Monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Privileges: To add a monitor you need a security role that has the Sentinel<\/strong> Workspaces Edit <\/strong>privilege.<\/p>\n

You can create a new monitor in a workspace or in a folder, or you can copy an existing monitor as the base for your new monitor.<\/p>\n

To create a new monitor:<\/p>\n

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  1. In the Workspace Panel, right-click on the workspace <\/strong> or folder <\/strong> where you want to add the new monitor.<\/li>\n
  2. Select New Monitor<\/strong> from the list. The New Monitor<\/strong> page opens on the Main Panel.<\/li>\n
  3. Define the following:\n
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    1. Monitor Details<\/li>\n
    2. Triggers<\/li>\n
    3. Tests<\/li>\n
    4. Actions<\/li>\n
    5. Post Process<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    6. Save the monitor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The monitor page contains a lot of information, but you can expand or collapse panels as needed.<\/p>\n

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      <\/td>\nMonitor Header<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      <\/td>\nMonitor Details<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nThe name, category, and description of the monitor. You can also enable or disable the monitor from here.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      <\/td>\nTriggers<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\nThis is set up to start the tests in the monitor. The trigger can be time based or condition based, or driven by an external application.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      <\/td>\nTests<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\nDefine what you want to monitor, how you want to monitor it, which sample intervals to use, and which actions to take under certain conditions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      <\/td>\nActions<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\nDefine monitor actions. Assign actions to various tests.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      <\/td>\nPost Process<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nAdd a web service, which Sentinel calls when the monitor finishes running.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      <\/td>\nVersions<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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      Monitor Details<\/h2>\n

      In the New Monitor <\/strong>page, expand the Monitor Details<\/strong> panel.<\/p>\n

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      Fill in the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
      Name<\/strong><\/td>\nThis is a unique, descriptive name for the monitor. This field is required.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Category<\/strong><\/td>\nThe monitor category is used as a filter in reporting and in case form selection. The Operational<\/strong> category is the default.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Description<\/strong><\/td>\nThis is a meaningful description of what the monitor is intended for. The monitor description appears as a tooltip when you hover the mouse over the monitor in the Workspace panel. The description is optional.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Monitor Enabled<\/strong><\/td>\nTo ensure that the monitor will process, ensure this check box is selected.
      \nNote: The monitor is enabled by default, unless it is a copied monitor, in which case it is disabled.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Disable Event Storage<\/strong><\/td>\nSelect this if you don\u2019t want to store events relating to the monitor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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      Trigger<\/h2>\n

      Define a trigger<\/a> to ensure that the monitor processing occurs at a specified time, or under specified conditions.<\/p>\n

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      1. In the New Monitor<\/strong> page, expand the Trigger<\/strong> panel.<\/li>\n
      2. Choose the Type of trigger:
        \n- Periodic
        \n- Date
        \n- Monitor Chaining
        \n- Application<\/li>\n
      3. To add an optional comment<\/a>, click the comment <\/strong> button on the top right of the Trigger panel, describing the reasons you have chosen to use this trigger.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        Tests<\/h2>\n

        You need to add at least one test to the monitor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

        Read more: Tests<\/a><\/p>\n

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        Actions<\/h2>\n

        All the actions for a monitor are displayed in the Actions <\/strong> <\/strong>panel of the monitor. You can add multiple actions to a monitor.<\/p>\n