Recent file transfer activity widget

The Recent file transfer activity widget provides a graph that depicts volume of file transfers over time for each type of monitored server. From the widget, you can access a list of transfers for each server type to troubleshoot server issues.

The Recent file transfer activity widget provides a line graph of information for the servers that you have permission to view. Each line on the graph shows the volume of transfer activity for all servers of a server type over a customizable time range. Transfers are defined as follows:
  • Sterling Connect:Direct® (CD) - Every send and receive is recorded as a separate file transfer.
  • Sterling Connect:Enterprise® (CE) - Except for local add and extract operations, every step end event with a file size larger than 0 is recorded as a single file transfer.
  • Sterling Connect:Express (CX) - Every step end event that is recorded with a file size of 0 or more is recorded as a single file transfer.
  • FTP - Every GET or PUT is recorded as a single file transfer.
  • Sterling B2B Integrator and Sterling File Gateway (B2Bi/SFG) - Every completed protocol-related event in Sterling B2B Integrator is recorded as a file transfer. Additionally, every Sterling File Gateway Arrived File status code is recorded as a successful (FG_0411 - Arrived File Routed) or a failed (FG_0455 - Arrived File Failed) file transfer.
  • IBM® MQ Managed File Transfer (MQ MFT) - Every step end event that is recorded with a file size of 0 or more is recorded as a single file transfer.

The dates and times that are displayed in the web console widgets are configured by a preferred time zone. To configure a preferred time zone, go to the IBM Control Center Monitor console, click Console Preferences > Time Preferences. The time zone that is configured can be a half-hour or quarter-hour, but it is going to be rounded up to the next hour in the display of the recent file transfer activity widget.

You can complete the following actions from the Recent file transfer activity widget:
  • Select the server types that you want to view in the graph.
  • Hover on a data point on the line graph to see the date and the number of file transfers for that day.
  • Access a filtered list of transfers for a server type on a specific day by clicking a data point on the graph.
  • Customize the time range that you can view by expanding the dashboard activity caret on the widget and dragging the date markers.
The following scenarios can result in either no graph or a flat graph in the Recent file transfer activity widget:
  • You have permission to view servers and servers are configured, but there is no file transfer activity.
  • You have permission to view servers and servers are configured, but the servers are not up. Data is captured before servers are down, and after they are up again. No new activity is captured when servers are down.
  • You have permission to view servers, but no servers are configured.
Keep in mind the following factors when you are working with the Recent file transfer activity widget:
  • If you do not have permission to view processes, the widget is not shown in the dashboard.
  • The widget provides statistics for activities that are based on the preferred time zone that is configured by the user.
  • The widget begins collecting data the first day that you start the event processor and begin monitoring servers. If you have existing data about file transfer traffic from a previous IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor installation, that data is not shown in the widget.
  • If your environment is set to purge data periodically, the Completed files list might not show matching data when you click a data point on the graph. The actual file transfer data might be purged from the database. When this situation occurs, a warning message displays in the Completed files list.