Generated monitor models

A generated monitor model is one that is created automatically when you enable business monitoring support for a process application in Process Center. If there is a default Business Monitor target defined, it is generated when you click File > Update Tracking Definitions in the Process Center.

The generated monitor model contains metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) that capture the key aspects of a process execution (for example, when it starts and ends, or how long each step takes to complete). It also contains the default KPIs, auto-tracked fields, and fields defined in custom tracking events.

When the business process definition (BPD) is run in the Inspector view or the process application snapshot is deployed, monitoring data is collected and sent to a custom dashboard available in Business Space.

Note: When using a Process Server environment, create a custom monitor model using IBM® Integration Designer.

Custom dashboard

The custom dashboard contains a KPI, Instance, and Report tab for each BPD as well as one Diagram tab for the business process.

Note: Each Instances page contains two instances widgets, one for the BPD and one for the process application (if the business process definition contains intermediate tracking events).The values for the activity KPIs (Total time, Wait time, Execution time) are calculated only for activities in the process and not for tracking events or decision nodes.

Business Space dashboards are not deleted or updated when a process is deployed: a new Business Space dashboard is generated.

If you change your process application, you can regenerate the monitor model to capture the updates. This is particularly important when you make changes, such as adding a new tracking event; if you do not update the monitor model, those new events are not monitored.

The Business Space dashboards are owned by the administrator ID for Monitor installation. When you generate a dashboard, you have edit authority for that dashboard.

Security role for deploying a monitor model

To deploy a monitor model with a process application snapshot, the user or group to which you belong must have been assigned the Deployer administrative security role. If you are not currently assigned to the Deployer role, perform the following task:

Log in to the administrative console.
Click Users and Groups > Administrative User roles or Users and Groups > Administrative Group roles.
Select your user or group to open it.
Under Roles, select Deployer and click OK.