Indications

The boom Workbench provides two Indication Views. By default the first view contains all active Indications and the second view all closed Indications. Multiple browser tabs can be added to each Indication View (open context menu by right-click on the View header). Closing the last browser tab of Indication View 2 will close the complete section. The section can be reopened via the context menu.

Context Menu:

Add Indication Tab: Multiple Indication Tabs can be opened. Rename: Give the indication tab a new name. View Archived: Display all archived Indications (see screenshot below). Indication View (2): The Indication View(2) shows by default all closed Indications. Close: Close Tab.

You can reorganize the indication view for your individual needs. Right-click on the column header line of the indication view or any indication itself opens the context menu. Mark (see)/unmark (hide) the column attributes you want to see/hide in your individual layout.

Additionally you are able to reorder the attribute columns. Select an attribute column and move it to the favoured position.

Right-click on any ACTIVE Indication to open the Indication context menu:

Open Indication: Opens the Indications Details Dialog. For more information see paragraph Indication Details. Add Condition: Only valid for indications coming from an indication policy. Allows you to add a condition on the flow. Export Indication: One or more Indications can be exported to a simple txt file. For more information see paragraph Indication Export. Close: Closing one ore more Indications will mark them as closed and also move them to the closed Indications. To close one or more Indications you can also use the hotkey 'c'. Show History: If there are any history data available for this Indication, they will be shown in a History Chart. For more information about the History Chart see Chapter History Chart. Show Policy/Condition: This opens the Policy and selects the appropriate Condition which is related to this Indication. Own: Allows selected indications to be owned by the operator. This is only a visual indicator, anyone can work on the indication. Disown: Allows selected indications to be disowned by the operator. This is only a visual indicator, anyone can work on the indication. Switch to Closed: Displays all closed Indications. You can also use the hotkey 's' to switch between active and closed Indications. Filters: Click on Filters will open the 'Filter Dialog'. For more details about Filtering see paragraph Indication Filtering below. Filter similar Indications: Lists all indications containing the same Application, Group and Object attribute as the selected indication. Remove ALL Filters: Removes all set filters and reloads all indications. Show/Hide Columns: Mark the attributes you want to see in the indication view layout.

Right-click on any CLOSED Indication to open the Indication context menu:

Open Indication: Opens the Indications Details Dialog. For more information see paragraph Indication Details. Export Indication: One or more Indications can be exported to a simple txt file. For more information see paragraph Indication Export. Archive: Archived Indications will be removed from the Indication Browser and from the History Chart. Re-open: Reopen the indication as active. Show History: If there are any history data available for this Indication, they will be shown in a History Chart. For more information about the History Chart see Chapter History Chart. Show Policy/Condition: This opens the Policy and selects the appropriate Condition which is related to this Indication. Switch to Active: Display all active Indications. You can also use the hotkey 's' to switch between active and closed Indications. Filters: Click on Filters will open the 'Filter Dialog'. For more details about Filtering see paragraph Indication Filtering below. Filter similar Indications: Lists all indications containing the same Application, Group and Object attribute as the selected indication. Remove ALL Filters: Removes all set filters and reloads all indications. Show/Hide Columns: Mark the attributes you want to see in the indication view layout.

This section provides the following information:

The first number of each group indicates the total number of all existing Indications, the second number is the amount of Indications that are currently displayed in the table. The two numbers can differ i.e. if a Filter is added to the table. Double-click on a severity icon or on the words 'Active' and 'Closed' will open a new Indication table containing all appropriate Indications.

Table Status Symbols

All Indication Tables are refreshed in periodically intervals.

A locked table will not be refreshed until the lock is removed. There are two situation when a table can be locked: (1) If the table selection exceeds 5000 elements. (2)The user manually locks the table by double-click on the unlocked icon or via the content menu (right click on the unlocked icon). This function can be helpful i.e. if the table is sorted other than by time and you want to keep a certain selection.

An unlocked table will be refreshed periodically.

Double-click on a single Indication or use the 'Open Indication' action from the content menu to get the 'Indication Details' dialog. The dialog contains all available Indication details. Please note: The Indication details are not editable! Double-click on the Policy icon opens the Policy Details and selects the Condition that triggered the Indication..

All incoming Indications are displayed in the Indication Browser. The Indication Filtering gives you a possibility to display only the relevant Indications by adding one or more filters to the table. Please note: The filters are not automatically saved when closing the boom Workbench! If you want to reuse the filters you have to add them to the Filter History (see below).

Right-click on any Indication to open the Indication context menu:

Filters : Click on Filters will open the 'Filter Dialog'. All filters that have been added to an Indication table are listed in the context menu. The check mark in front of a filter indicates an active filter. No check mark means the filter is not active.

To add, delete or change an existing Filter you have to select 'Filters ...' from the context menu above. The following dialog will be opened:

Please Note: Any changes that are made inside the Filter Dialog will automatically reflect on the Indication Browser without closing the dialog.

You can export one or more active/closed Indications to a simple txt file:

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INDICATION Text = Size of the table for performance class 'networkinterface' 
reached max size: 50MB (SIZE=81MB)
Severity = major
UUID = 881e2ad1-396e-4914-b674-86c93835198f
Application = BOOM_SERVER
Group = PERFDB
Host = BOOM Server
AGENT Host = BOOM Server
KPI Metric = false
Availability Metric = false
Object = networkinterface
Key = BOOM Server:BOOM Server:BOOM_SERVER:PERFDB:networkinterface:major
Close Mask = BOOM Server:BOOM Server:BOOM_SERVER:PERFDB:networkinterface:<*>
Auto Action = 
Op Action = 
Source = BOOM_SERVER
State = Auto Closed Message
Duplicates = 0
First Submit = 2010-01-19 17:00:01
Last Duplicate = 2010-01-19 17:00:01
Server Received = 2010-01-19 17:00:01
Custom Attributes:
Annotations:
Auto closed 2010-01-19 18:00:01
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INDICATION Text = Size of the table for performance class 'logicaldisk' 
reached max size: 50MB (SIZE=65MB)
Severity = major
UUID = fea276c2-cb4d-4cd9-b99c-b401640e2b6d
Application = BOOM_SERVER
Group = PERFDB
Host = BOOM Server
AGENT Host = BOOM Server
KPI Metric = false
Availability Metric = false
Object = logicaldisk
Key = BOOM Server:BOOM Server:BOOM_SERVER:PERFDB:logicaldisk:major
Close Mask = BOOM Server:BOOM Server:BOOM_SERVER:PERFDB:logicaldisk:<*>
Auto Action = 
Op Action = 
Source = BOOM_SERVER
State = Auto Closed Message
Duplicates = 0
First Submit = 2010-01-09 01:00:01
Last Duplicate = 2010-01-09 01:00:01
Server Received = 2010-01-09 01:00:01
Custom Attributes:
Annotations:
Auto closed 2010-01-09 02:00:01
dc8cb839-0926-4e1f-99bc-7ebd3278720a
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