Overview of BMC AMI Ops User Interface

BMC AMI Ops User Interface is a web-based user interface component that is hosted on z/OS. BMC AMI Ops User Interface provides access to BMC AMI Ops Monitor andBMC AMI Ops Insight through a single interface.

BMC AMI Ops user interface

Using BMC AMI Ops User Interface, you can:

  • Access alarm information   
  • Visualize the View data in tables, detailed formats, and historical trend analysis charts
  • Create analytics dashboards to examine current and projected trends 

  • Access BMC AMI Ops Insight product to identify anomalies within your environment
    For more information about BMC AMI Ops Insight, see Overview of BMC AMI Ops Insight.

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Troubleshooting

Getting-started

BMC AMI Ops User Interface is installed as part of the installation of BMC AMI Ops Insight or of BMC AMI Ops Monitor products.

You can access BMC AMI Ops Monitor data by connecting to a BMC AMI Ops service. A BMC AMI Ops service (also known as the BMC AMI Ops Host Server or Host Server) is a part of the BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure that is used to access BMC AMI Ops monitored environments.

You can access BMC AMI Ops Insight events if you have BMC AMI Ops Insight version 2.0 or later installed. 

The appearance of the BMC AMI Ops User Interface changes depending on the products you have installed. The following table describes the differences:

Feature

Description

BMC AMI Ops User Interface



BMC AMI Ops Monitor component

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  • Menus—Alarms, Views, Dashboards, Agent Configuration, and Product Health menus are available
  • Opening screen—Alarms Overview page
  • Footer—Clock and time of last refresh Footer is displayed if BMC AMI Ops host is version 7.0 or later
  • Clock—The clock displays the time zone of the server where the BMC AMI Ops host is installed

BMC AMI Ops Analytics components

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  • Menu—Dashboards, Agent Configuration, and Product Health menu are available
  • Opening screen—Dashboards page

You can also view a short video.  

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BMC AMI Ops Insight

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  • Menus—Only Events, System Status, Administration, and Product Health menus are available.
  • Opening screen—Active Events page
  • Footer—Current BMC AMI Ops Insight status, clock, time of last ingestion, and refresh rate
  • Clock—The clock shows the time zone of the Db2 data being ingested

Both products

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  • Menus—All menus are available
  • Opening screen—Active Events page
  • Footer—Appropriate footer for the current product based on the selected screen.  
  • Clock—Footer displays the appropriate time zoner for the current product based on the selected screen

BMC AMI Ops analytics dashboards

BMC AMI Ops User Interface includes analytics dashboards that have the capability to interact with large volumes of data. The data is structured and displayed on the dashboards for you to analyze the future trends and insights. The analytics dashboards are created using BMC AMI Ops Analytics Datastore, which utilizes NoSQL data structures. You can access both out-of-the-box and customized dashboards to boost your product's performance and uptime, streamline your system, and cut down on costs.

The out-of-the-box dashboards are included in the initial installation of BMC AMI Ops User Interface and you can use them right away. You can also request for custom dashboards for your specific business requirements.

For more information about these dashboards, see Using-out-of-the-box-dashboards.

To use the BMC AMI Ops analytics dashboard, you must have the BMC AMI Ops UI Server, BMC AMI Ops Analytics Datastore, and BMC AMI Ops Analytics Agent components installed. For detailed instructions about how to install these components, see the Planning and Installing sections.

Knowledge Center bot 

To use the Knowledge Center bot, click image-2023-3-28_11-48-56.pngon the bottom right of the page. The bot includes Self-help, Search, and Feedback sections.

Important

If you do not see the Knowledge Center bot, one of the following might be true:

  • At admin level (environment) the Analytics & Improvement option is not enabled.
  • At user level the Analytics & Improvement option in the userName > User Preference is not enabled.

For more information, see the "To change the telemetry data tracking options" section in General-customizations.

By default, the Self-help section is displayed, which includes:

  • Welcome tour of the product
  • Documentation
  • Videos
  • Support Central
  • Product Support
  • Education
  • Community 

Use the Search option to search any topic in the product documentation and other BMC product information.

Use the Feedback option to provide your feedback.

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