Using IBM Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager Data Provider

Use this information to use IBM® Tivoli® Netcool® Performance Manager Data Provider that is bundled with DataView component of IBM Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager, Version 1.4.2. Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager Data Provider is the UI Rest Interface API on IBM Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager 1.4.2.

The IBM Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager Data Provider is a custom data provider API that is designed to work with Dashboard Application Services Hub. The data that is exposed by the provider can be used with various visualization or other widgets that are bundled with Jazz™ for Service Management.

It makes data that is displayed on DataView reports accessible for Dashboard Application Services Hub widgets.

By using the widgets with the data provider, you can design custom, interactive pages with the help of Dashboard Application Services Hub Page Design tools and can combine the widgets from other products in IBM product suite or data providers from other products.

Introduction to Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager Data Provider
The Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager Data Provider provides an extensible API framework that exposes the reporting data on the Dashboard Application Services Hub pages. Dashboard Application Services Hub pages can be built by combining the built-in widgets and datasets that are exposed by the Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager Data Provider. This dataset generally supports Dashboard Application Services Hub charts and tabular widgets.
Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager Data Provider metadata
The data provider metadata is made up of one or more XML files, and a set of properties files. One property file is available for each XML file. The pair of XML file and its property file represents a datasource within the data provider. A datasource is a logical grouping of datasets.
Dataset Extractor tool
The extractor tool extracts the data set metadata from the installed technology packs.
Getting started with Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager Data Provider
Use these general steps to integrate and use the Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager Data Provider on Dashboard Application Services Hub.
Known problems and solutions
Use this information when you encounter a problem with using Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager Data Provider. The first thing to do is to check the detailed log files for that component. Most issues can be solved by referring to the log files.
Configure remote data provider connection
You can use the Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager Data Provider datasets by configuring a remote connection for the Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager Data Provider in Jazz for Service Management.
Common directory locations for Jazz for Service Management
Jazz for Service Management topics use path name variables for paths to common directories, for example, home directories.
A list of supported DataAccess API
Currently, the Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager Data Provider supports these DataAccess APIs as query type in its query definition elements in the metadata XML file.
A list of supported widgets
Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager Data Provider supports the following widgets types in Dashboard Application Services Hub 3.1.2.1 for the following dataset query types.