Using the gauge page

A Gauges page provides a high-level overview of Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus data.

The page displays data retrieved from the ObjectServer using metrics. Examples of metrics are the number of clients connected to a server, the total number of escalated events, or the time taken to process a trigger.

The Web GUI presents the data on the page as a number of gauges, one for each metric. The number of gauges on the page and the metrics they display are site-specific. Your Web GUI administrator can customize the page to show only the metrics that are relevant to you, and display each metric in the most appropriate way. The administrator can also create additional Gauges pages for specific types of user and/or specific functional purposes. If you have suitable user roles, you can:

  • Customize your copy of a page still further.
  • Create an HTML representation of a page that you can either send to mobile devices or scan using mobile devices.

    This allows people to monitor the data from almost anywhere.

Using the Gauges page

When you open the Gauges page it displays the gauges and sets each to the current value of its associated metric using data from the ObjectServer. The gauges periodically update to show the latest information. The frequency of these updates is 10 seconds, as supplied, but your administrator can specify any value between 10 and 99000 seconds.

Clicking a gauge may provide further information about the metric. For example, the Web GUI may display a Lightweight Event List (LEL) for the events that the metric measures.

What happens when you click a gauge is site-specific. Your Web GUI administrator can associate any URL or JavaScript program with a gauge. Typically, however, actions launch other Web GUI or Tivoli applications.

When using a gauge, to refresh the information that the gauge displays, add a Refresh Timer to the gauge.

User Roles

To use a Gauges page you need the following user roles:

  • To use a page to monitor metrics you need to have the ncw_user role.

  • To customize gauges you need to have either the ncw_gauges_editor and ncw_user roles, or the ncw_admin role.

    Instructions for Administrators.To view gauges on a mobile device, you need to have the ncw_gauges_viewer role.

    A user without administration rights can customize their own copy of the page only. Administrators can customize their own copy of a page and customize the default page, and its contents, for all users.