Restricting SAP context and attributes

Use BMC Helix Operations Management to limit the amount of data that is collected from your infrastructure to a few critical instances or attributes. This feature helps you focus on the data that you're interested in, especially when a large amount of data is being collected.

1. In the BMC Helix Operations Management console, go to Configuration > Filter Monitor Attribute.
2. Click Create.
3. In the Deactivate Monitor Attribute dialog box, add a name for the filter.
4. In the Agent field, select the PATROL Agent where you want to restrict data collection.
5. In the Monitoring Solution and Monitor Type fields, select the monitoring solution and monitor type.
6. In the Scope field, select Instances or Attributes.
   • If you select Instances, you can choose to restrict data collection from all attributes or just certain attributes in the selected instances.
   • If you select Attributes, the data collection is restricted on the selected attributes in all instances of the selected monitor type in the PATROL Agent.
7. Click Save.
   You can see the filter on the Filter Monitor Attributes page. The attribute filter is enabled by default.