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Self-monitoring dashboard

The dashboard on Self Monitoring displays the following information:

  • Summary of generated events
  • Log volume statistics
  • Log archival statistics
  • Log ingestion statistics
  • List of log events 

Only the log events that are generated when alert policies are applied on the logs are displayed in the dashbaord. If no alert policies are created or no events are generated for the alert policies, event count is shown as 0 in the dashboard.

For instructions about creating or editing dashboards, see Configuring-dashboards-panels-and-queries. For information about dashboard concepts, see Setting-up-dashboards.

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Modifying-date-and-time-format-in-dashboards

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The following image shows the log collection and event statistics with sample data:

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For a list of icons and operations that are common across dashboards, see BMC-Helix-Dashboards-overview.

To view the dashboard

  1. From the navigation menu menu_icon.png, click Browse.

  2. Click the Log Analytics folder and then click Self Monitoring.

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    To quickly open the dashboard from the home page, mark it as a favorite by using the star icon. Additionally, after you open a dashboard, it is available under Recently viewed dashboards on the home page.

Panels in the Self Monitoring dashboard

The following table describes the panels in the Self Monitoring logs dashboard:

Panel

Description

Example

Event Overview

Displays the following information about events:

  • Total events
  • Critical events
  • Major events
  • Minor events
  • Informative events

By default, the dashboard displays the data for the last 24 hours. You can narrow down the data by using the time range global filter.

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Log Volume

Displays the following information about logs:

  • Volume of ingested logs
  • Log ingestion in a day

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Log Archival

Displays the following information about the archived and restored logs:

  • Restore and archival days set for your tenant
  • Restore and archived log volume in your tenant

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Log Ingestion

Displays the top 10 collectors and hosts by log volume.

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Log events

Displays all log events generated for the alert policies that you have created.

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Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*

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