Sentinel: How to View Real Time Events

  • Document ID:3238365
  • Creation Date:02-Nov-2006
  • Modified Date:26-Apr-2012
    • Micro Focus Products:
      Sentinel

Environment

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
RedHat Linux
Solaris 9
Sentinel 5.1.x

Situation

How to view real time events.

Resolution

To View Real Time Events

  1. Click the Active Views tab.
  2. Click Active Views > Create Active View or click the Create Active View Button.

  3. In the Event Visualization Wizard window, click the down arrows to select Z-axis, Filter and to Display Events (Yes or No).

    NOTE:In the filter selection window build a filter or select one of the already built filters. Selecting the 'All' filter will allow all events to appear in the window. When creating an Active View, if the filter assigned to the Active View is changed or deleted after creation of the Active View, the Active View is unaffected.

    After making a selection, click Next or Finish. If Finish is selected, the following default values will be chosen:

    • Display and Refresh rate of 30 seconds
    • Display time of 15 minutes
    • Y-axis as Event Count
    • Chart type - Stacked Bar 2D
  4. If click Next, Click the down arrows to select:
    • Display and Refresh rate - number of seconds for event rate to be updated
    • Display time - amount of time to display the chart
    • Y-axis - either total Event Count or Event Count per Second ...Click Next.
    • Chart type - 3D bar, 2D stacked, Line or ribbon charts
  5. In addition to filter selection, may further refine the event table. Option conditions of:
  • None
  • is exactly
  • is not
  • is empty
  • is not empty

After creating criteria, click the 'Add to list' button. Click Finish.

NOTE:After creating the view, edit or remove this refinement of the event table by right-clicking in the graph area and selecting properties. For more information, see To Reset Parameters, Chart Type or Event Table of an Active View.

Graph will look similar to:

NOTE:Active View Properties - Refine Event Table will not affect the graphical representation.

The five buttons to the left of the chart perform the following functions:

Lock/Unlock the Chart - used when performing a drill-down, zoom in, zoom out, zoom to selection and saving a chart as an html file.

Increase Display Interval - increases the display time interval for incoming events

Decrease Display Interval - decreases the display time interval for incoming events

Increase Display Time - increase the time interval along the x-axis

Decrease Display Time - decreases the time interval along the x-axis

By clicking the Lock button, additional available buttons are:

Lock/Unlock the Chart - used when performing a drill-down, zoom in, zoom out, zoom to selection and saving a chart as an html file.

Zoom In - zooms in without changing any of the time settings of the chart

Zoom Out - zooms out without changing any of the time settings of the chart

Zoom to Selection - zooms in on a selection of time intervals of events.

Save navigator details as an html file with chart as images and events in a tabular format.