Starting Methods (CCMS)

Use

Monitoring tree elements (MTEs) in the Alert Monitor and alerts in the Alert Browser are assigned methods. You can call these methods to investigate the status of an alert. For example, you could analyze a component of the SAP system with an analysis method, integrate additional monitoring functions into the monitoring architecture with data collection methods, and use auto-reaction methods if you want the system to react automatically to an alert.

Prerequisites

To be able to start all three method types from the monitor display, you must first activate the maintenance functions. If the maintenance functions are deactivated, you can only start analysis methods. The reason for this is that the manual start of an analysis method is part of the everyday work of an administrator, while the manual start of other methods is only necessary more rarely. Possible scenarios are:

· To obtain the current measured value for an attribute immediately, start the associated data collection method manually. This can be especially useful if the method is only called infrequently (for example, if it is called as a job).

· To test an auto-reaction method, start the associated auto-reaction method manually.

Procedures

You can start the methods from the alert monitoring tree, from the Technical Views or the Alert Browser.

Data collection and auto-reaction methods run in the monitoring architecture either in dialog under the SAPSYS user (which has only very restricted authorizations) or in the background under the user that created the corresponding job. If you start methods manually, these methods run in dialog under your user. The method could therefore behave differently to the way it behaves when started automatically by the monitoring architecture. Therefore, if you want to, for example, test new methods, do not rely solely on the results that you obtain from manual starts of the methods.

Starting a Method from the Alert Monitoring Tree

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1. Choose CCMS ® Control/Monitoring ® Alert Monitor, or call transaction RZ20.

2. Choose a monitor from the monitor sets.

3. Choose Extras ® Activate Maintenance Functions.

4. Select an MTE in the monitor.

5. Choose Edit ® Node (MTE) ® Start Method ® Start Analysis Method or Start Data Collection Method or Start Auto-Reaction Method. You can also start the analysis method by double clicking the node.

Starting a Method from the Technical Views

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1. Choose CCMS ® Control/Monitoring ® Alert Monitor, or call transaction RZ20.

2. Choose a monitor from the monitor sets.

3. Choose Extras ® Activate Maintenance Functions.

4. To start a data collection method manually, choose Views ® Status Data Collector. Choose the node for which you want to start the associated data collection method by double-clicking it, and confirm the following dialog window (see also Displaying the Technical View: Status Data Collector).

5. To start an auto-reaction method manually, choose Views ® Status Data Autoreaction. Choose the node for which you want to start the associated auto-reaction method by double-clicking it, and confirm the following dialog window (see also Displaying the Technical View: Status Autoreaction).

Starting a Method from the Alert Browser

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1. Choose CCMS ® Control/Monitoring ® Alert Monitor, or call transaction RZ20.

2. Start a monitor from the monitor sets.

3. Select an MTE in the monitor display.

4. Choose Open Alerts and then Display Alerts.

5. Select and alert, and choose Edit ® Node (MTE) ® Start Method ® Start Analysis Method or Start Auto-Reaction Method. You can also start the analysis method by double clicking the node.

See also:

Defining, Releasing, and Transporting Methods