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Product-provided workflow templates

The product-provided workflow templates are designed to be environment-agnostic. This flexibility enables them to seamlessly integrate and function effectively regardless of the specific environment or system in which they are implemented.

The product-provided workflow templates:

  • Always specify the dynamic time span (for example, Last N days or Last N Business Weeks)
  • Always select All values for all filters that are environment-specific to the user.
    For example, you can select production LPAR names or differentiate between product and test batch service class names.
  • Often aggregate a few filters to decrease the number of chart lines in the graphing area.
  • Always display only top N objects by one of the important KPIs. The variable <N> is usually selected quite low.

When required, all other objects are aggregated and shown as Other. In many cases, the Alert Rules with default parameters are attached to the most important KPIs.

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Workflow template filters

The following filters are available for the workflow templates:

Filter

Description

ALL

All objects are shown (sometimes with the aggregate option).

Top or Bottom N objects

Only one metric (most of the time) is shown for multiple objects.

Warning

Important

For better readability of the chart:

  • When a category/metric selection has multiple objects, we recommend that you select only that metric.
  • When a category/metric selection has only one object, you can select multiple metrics.


Specific values 

Use for filters that have the same selections (for example, Filters for Processor type, Subsystem type, or Importance level).


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Warning

Important

If you use any of the product-provided workflow templates as they are, you might create very densely populated charts and reports. 

To use the workflow templates

You can use the workflow templates as follows:

  1. In the Create Workflow pane, select a template from Workflow Templates.
  2. Starting from the root View, evaluate each view and category in the workflow.
  3. For each view and category, select filter values appropriate for your enterprise and adjust the top <N> parameter.
  4. Evaluate the view and category with alerts and review the alerts.
    If the alert parameters are too sensitive and generate too many alerts, clone the Alert Rule and modify its parameters.
  5. Select the same filters in subsequent Child views to reduce the data and produce meaningful reports and charts.
  6. Create a dashboard and include one or more workflows in the dashboard.

After you perform these steps, the dashboards are evaluated every night to provide daily reports with appropriate Alerts.

For workflow template list, see Workflow-templates-list.

 

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