Workspaces
When using Tivoli Enterprise Portal, information is displayed in workspaces. Within a given workspace, information is displayed in tabular form. Tivoli Enterprise Portal refers to this tabular format for information as a table view. Information can also be displayed in the workspace as a chart, graph, or other format you can specify.
- As you select items in the Navigator, the workspace presents views pertinent to your selection. Each workspace has at least one view.
- Every workspace has a set of properties associated with it. You can customize the workspace by working in the Properties editor to change the style and content of each view.
- Another way to customize the workspace is to change the type of view or to add views to the workspace.
- Always save your changes before moving to a new workspace. Otherwise, the changes you make to the workspace are lost.
- Some workspaces, such as those dedicated to tracking the metrics of a DS8000® storage device, are not available in selection menus and lists when DS8000 storage devices do not exist in the monitoring environment.
Formats for information
- Table view
- Pie chart view
- Bar chart view
- Plot chart view
- Needle gauge view
- Thermometer gauge view
- Notepad view
- Situation Event console view, which shows the status of the situations associated with the system.
- Take Action view, which is used to send a command to the system.
- Terminal view, which enables you to start a 3270 or 5250 work session.
- Browser view, which permits you to open a browser to see HTML pages and Web sites.
Use the Export function of the Tivoli Enterprise Portal to store product data as text or as comma separated values (CSV format). For example, you can right-click on a table view and select Export to export the data in the view.
Associating workspaces with attributes
There is a direct relationship between attributes and workspaces. An attribute group typically corresponds to a table view within a named workspace and attribute items correspond to columns in the table view.
Each Tivoli Enterprise Portal workspace displays real-time information or historical data for many of the attributes. The information is available to you, independent of whether you are using OMEGAMON for Storage to monitor situations.
For descriptions of the individual workspaces, see Workspaces.
Using OMEGAMON for Storage information
- Monitor the performance of each managed system, helping you to identify bottlenecks and evaluate tuning decisions
- Select the most effective threshold values for situations you create
- Review status information when a change in the state of a given resource occurs, such as from OK to Warning or Critical
Defining workspace properties
Every workspace has a set of properties associated with it. You can customize the workspace by working in the Properties editor to change the style and content of each view. Changes you make to workspace properties, such as adding or editing a view, are only temporary. They are lost when you exit OMEGAMON for Storage unless you save the workspace.
- Query: Specify what data must be specified in the chart or table
- Filters: Refine the view by filtering out unwanted data from the chart or table
- Thresholds: Establish threshold values and color indicators for a table view
- Configuration: Specify the script to run or the connection to make whenever you open the terminal view
- Style: Change the behavior and appearance of the view
Investigating a situation event
When the conditions of a situation have been met, the situation evaluates to True, causing a situation event indicator to be displayed in the Navigator. You can investigate the situation event by opening its workspace.
The situation event workspace shows two table views, one with the values of the attributes when the situation evaluated to True, and the other with the attributes' current values.
The situation event workspace can also display a text view with any expert advice written by the author of the situation, and the Take Action view so you can send a command to the application started on that system.
Filtering information
To manually set up filtering for a given table view, place the cursor on the table view, press the right mouse button, and select Properties. (The equivalent keystroke is Ctrl+R.) From the displayed dialog box, select the Filters tab. Here you can select the columns to display as well as set up the criteria for which rows to display. To save your filtering specifications, you must save the workspace before exiting.
Sorting information
Sorting is handled by simply clicking on a column heading. Click once and the report is sorted in ascending order. Click a second time to resort the report into descending order. A third click returns you to the report's default sort order.
Adding a workspace to your favorites
When using OMEGAMON for Storage in browser mode, you can start it from any workstation by entering the URL of the Tivoli Enterprise Portal server where the browser mode client is installed. Each Tivoli Enterprise Portal workspace also has a URL so that you can save the workspace to your Favorites list or specify it as your home page.
Each workspace contains a table view that provides information you can use to monitor a particular resource in your system. Column headings in the table view correspond to attributes that you can use to create situations. Each of the attributes in a specific table view belongs to a single attribute group.
This document has a section for each of the nodes that you see in the Navigator. These nodes are listed in Nodes the Navigator linked to workspaces. Each node links to a workspace that has the same name. Each workspace has links to related workspaces. Each link in this topic goes to a section that describes the corresponding workspace. The sections also describe all linked workspaces.