User interface
IBM® Sterling Control Center Monitor has web console.
IBM Sterling Control Center
Monitor web console enables you to
display information that is gathered from event processors (EPs) through an HTTP or
HTTPS connection. Access to and functions of the interface is limited by the role-based
privileges assigned to a user. The user interfaces serve the following purposes:
- Web console
- The web console is a web-based user interface of IBM Control Center Monitor. It provides functions such as monitoring activity and status, managing configuration objects, and running reports. All web consoles that are attached to EPs in a cluster display the same information in near real time. If a server is added and assigned to an EP, any web consoles that are connected to an EP in the cluster display the new server in the server list.
The following table describes the functions available in the console, which is limited by the interface (web console) and the user's role-based privileges.
| Function |
|---|
| Configure Sterling Connect:Direct® servers with configuration management. |
| Create and maintain users and roles. |
| Create data visibility groups. |
| Create and manage rules, actions, calendars, email lists, schedules, and message categories. |
| Create and manage simple service level criteria (SLCs). |
| Create and manage standard SLCs, wildcard SLCs, and workflow SLCs. |
| Change system settings. |
| Stop Sterling Connect:Direct servers. |
| Manage processes for Sterling Connect:Direct, Sterling B2B Integrator, and Sterling B2B Integrator by acting on queued processes (deleting, suspending, or releasing a process). |
| Launch the Sterling Connect:Direct Browser User Interface to access Sterling Connect:Direct, the Sterling B2B Integrator Dashboard to access Sterling B2B Integrator, and the Sterling File Gateway Console to access Sterling File Gateway. |
| View server properties, such as server version. |
| View and handle alerts from the Active Alerts Monitor and Handled Alerts Monitor. View alert properties and the rule or SLC properties associated with an alert.1 |
| View server activity from the Queued Process Monitor and the Completed Process Monitor.1 |
| View completed file transfers from the Completed File Transfers Monitor. |
| Check status from the Server Status Monitor, and Adapter Status Monitor. |
| View process statistics for a particular process or for one or more servers, server groups, or a particular server type. |
| Clear processes from the queued processes list. |
| View a list of processes that were cleared by users. |
| Create reports. |
| Run and view reports. |
| View the volume of files for selected servers over a specific time period. |
| View the size of files for selected servers over a specific time period. |
| View the details of the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor EPs, view the details of the servers that each EP monitors, and reassign servers. |
| Customize the columns to be displayed for the Completed File Transfers and Completed Processes tables. |
The console provide the following types of tools to assist you:
- Help - The console provides links to on-line Knowledge Center and User Community Portal.
- Wizards - When you are defining IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor objects, such as rules, actions, and SLCs, wizards guide you through the process.