Application Monitor Triggers

Application Monitor Triggers

Overview

The Application Monitor Trigger allows you to trigger one or more tasks based on the status of:

You can launch any number of tasks when the conditions in the trigger are satisfied.

When creating a trigger, if you specify Application Monitor Condition = All, and select all Application types, the trigger monitors all Application resource records you have defined. Any time any one of them goes to any of the statuses you specified in the Status(es) field, the trigger launches the task(s) specified in the Task(s) field. For example, you might use this trigger to send an email notification to technical support if any of the monitored applications goes into the Start Failure status.

Built-In Variables

Application Monitor built-in variables are provided to pass information about the Application being monitored into the task(s) being launched by the trigger. You can pass the information into the launched tasks by including the variables in a text field in the task definition.

Creating an Application Monitor Trigger

Step 1

From the Automation Center navigation pane, select Triggers > Application Monitor Triggers. The Application Monitor Triggers list displays.
 
Below the list, Application Monitor Trigger Details for a new Application Monitor trigger displays. (You also can click the New button to display Application Monitor Trigger Details for a new Application Monitor trigger.)
 

Step 2

Enter/select Details for a new Application Monitor trigger, using the field descriptions below as a guide.

  • Required fields display an asterisk ( * ) after the field name.

  • Default values for fields, if available, display automatically.

To display more of the Details fields on the screen, you can either:

  • Use the scroll bar.

  • Temporarily hide the list above the Details.

  • Click the 

     button above the list to display a pop-up version of the Details.

Step 3

Click a 

 button. The trigger is added to the database, and all buttons and tabs in the Trigger Details are enabled.

Step 4

If appropriate, repeat these steps for any additional triggers you want to add.

Step 5

Enable the trigger(s) as desired.

Note

To open an existing record on the list, either:

  • Click a record in the list to display its record Details below the list. (To clear record Details below the list, click the New button that displays above and below the Details.)

  • Clicking the Details icon next to a record name in the list, or right-click a record in the list and then click Open in the Action menu that displays, to display a pop-up version of the record Details.

  • Right-click a record in the a list, or open a record and right-click in the record Details, and then click Open In Tab in the Action menu that displays, to display the record Details under a new tab on the record list page (see Record Details as Tabs).

Application Monitor Trigger Details

The following Application Monitor Trigger Details is for an existing Application Monitor trigger. See the field descriptions, below, for a description of the fields that display in the Application Monitor Trigger Details.

For information on how to access additional details - such as Metadata and complete database Details - for Application Monitor Triggers (or any type of record), see Records.

Application Monitor Trigger Details Field Descriptions

The following table describes the fields, buttons, and tabs that display in the Application Monitor Trigger Details.
 

Field Name

Description

Field Name

Description

General

This section contains general information about the trigger.

Name

Version

Description

Member of Business Services

Calendar

Time Zone

Task(s)

Purge By Retention Duration

Exclude Backup

Retention Duration

Retention Duration Unit

Execution User

Status

This section contains information about the current status of the trigger.

Status

Next Scheduled Time

Enabled By

Disabled By

Enabled Time

Disabled Time

Skip Details

This section contains detailed information about skipping the trigger.

Task Launch Skip Condition

Skip Restriction

Skip Count

Skip Before Date

Skip Before Time

Skip After Date

Skip After Time

Skip Date List

Application Monitor Details

This section contains assorted detailed information about the trigger time.

Status(es)

Monitoring Type

Application

If Monitoring Type = Specific Application, name of a specific application resource to be monitored.

Application Monitor Condition

Condition Value

Application Type(s)

If Monitoring Type = General Application(s), type(s) of applications to monitor. Options:

  • Windows Service

  • Linux/Unix Daemon

  • z/OS Started Task

Restrictions

This section specifies any restrictions that apply to the trigger.

Special Restriction

Action

Simple Restriction

Situation

Complex Restriction

Restriction Mode

Restriction Adjective

Restriction Noun

Restriction Qualifier

Restriction Nth Amount

Metadata

This section contains Metadata information about this record.

UUID

Universally Unique Identifier of this record.

Updated By

Name of the user that last updated this record.

Updated

Date and time that this record was last updated.

Created By

Name of the user that created this record.

Created

Date and time that this record was created.

Buttons

This section identifies the buttons displayed above and below the Trigger Details that let you perform various actions.

Save

Saves a new task record in the Controller database.

Save & New

Saves a new record in the Controller database and redisplays empty Details so that you can create another new record.

Save & View

Saves a new record in the Controller database and continues to display that record.

New

Displays empty (except for default values) Details for creating a new record.

Update

Enable

Disable

Trigger Now...

Copy

Creates a copy of this trigger, which you are prompted to rename.

Delete

Refresh

Refreshes any dynamic data displayed in the Details.

Close

For pop-up view only; closes the pop-up view of this trigger.

Tabs

This section identifies the tabs across the top of the Trigger Details that provide access to additional information about the trigger.

Variables

Instances

Versions