Customizing views


This step shows how to create your own unique MainView VistaPoint views with the BMC AMI Ops customization facility. As you become more familiar with VistaPoint, you may want to create custom views that are adapted to your site's specific performance concerns. Customizing a view is particularly useful when you have unusual conditions that are not readily apparent by just looking at default views. Setting filters, hyperlinks, and thresholds are just some of the customization options available to you with the BMC AMI Ops customization facility.

The following figure shows simple before-and-after examples of a BMC AMI Ops Monitor for CICS CSERV view. It is the default view. It is the same view after it has been customized:

08NOV2000 10:37:40 ----------- INFORMATION DISPLAY ---------------------------
COMMAND ===>                                          SCROLL ===> PAGE
CURR WIN ===> 1       ALT WIN ===>
W1 =CSERV=============CICSP01==*========08NOV2000====10:37:40====MVCICS=======22
CMD Serv  Parm          % Warning      Curr     Warn     Area Target
--- ----- --------      0.....50...100 Value--- Value--- ---- --------
    DSUT  ECDSA    94.4 *************     85.00    90.00 STOR CICSP01
    
DSUT  CDSA     62.2 *********         56.00    90.00 STOR CICSP01
    
@RSTM WORKWORK 10.0 *                  0.02     0.20 WKLD CICSP01
    
MXTC            6.2 *                  5.00    80.00 TASK CICSP01
08NOV2000 10:04:38 ----------- INFORMATION DISPLAY -------------------------
COMMAND ===>                                        SCROLL ===> PAGE
CURR WIN ===> 1      ALT WIN ===>
W1=CSERV100==========CICSP01==*========08NOV2000=====10:04:37=MVCICS=======8=====
CMD Serv  Applicat Parm     View         % Warning      Curr     Max/Min   Max
--- ----- -------- -------- --------     0.....50...100 Value--- Value---  Tim
   DSUT  PAYROLL  PAYROLL  DSUT   106.2 *************+    85.50   100.50  00:
   #PROC                   C#PROC 105.0 *************+    84.50    99.50  00:

This step has six sections. Each section explains how to customize one particular aspect of a view. You will be shown how to:

  • add a filter
  • set a hyperlink
  • include additional view fields
  • change view headings
  • move fields within a view
  • set threshold colors

This section contains the following topics:

 

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