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Alarm Detection Configuration

Alarm Detection Configuration

Configuring an Alarm Detection

Create an Alarm Detection configuration by clicking the New Configuration button in the upper left part of the Desktop window, and then selecting Alarm Detection from the menu.

The Alarm Detection

Select the Workflow Alarm Value Names option to define a variable you can use in the APL code, see the APL Reference Guide.

Field/Option

Description

Field/Option

Description

Alarm Detection Enabled

Select this checkbox to turn on alarm detection.

Description

Enter a statement that describes the Alarm Detection that you are defining.

Severity

Select the importance priority of the alarm from the drop-down list. The available severities are:

  • Indeterminate

  • Warning

  • Minor

  • Major

  • Critical 

Adding an Alarm Condition

At the bottom of the Alarm Detection configuration, click the Add button. The Add Alarm Condition dialog box opens.

The Add Alarm Condition

Select a condition in the Alarm Condition drop-down list.

Alarm Conditions

The Alarm conditions enable you to define specific situations or events for which you want the system to produce an alarm. You configure a condition to produce an alarm whenever a certain behavior occurs, within specific limits.

Note!

  • An alarm is generated only if ALL conditions in the Alarm Detection are met.

  • The Alarm condition limits are reset:

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    • Every time you restart the platform

    • Every time you save the alarm configuration

    • When you resolve the alarm

The Alarm Conditions that you can choose from are:

  • Host Statistic Value

  • Pico Instance Statistic Value

  • System Event

  • Unreachable Execution Context

  • Workflow Alarm Value

  • Workflow Execution Time

  • Workflow Group Execution Time

  • Workflow Throughput



Host Statistic Value

The Host Statistic Value condition enables you to setup an Alarm Detection for the various statistic values by host.

The Host Statistic Value condition

Item

Description

Item

Description

Event Properties

Host

Select a host for applying the alarm condition.

Statistic Value

The statistic criteria on host includes:

  • Processes Waiting For Run (#)

  • processes In Sleep (#)

  • Processes Swapped Out (#)

  • Swapped In From Disk (blocks/s)

  • Swapped To Disk (blocks/s)

  • Context Switches (/s)

  • CPU User Time (%)

  • CPU System Time (%)

Limits

Specify the condition for the alarm to be triggered. The options are Exceeds or Falls Below the selected statistic value.
Enable "During Last" checkbox to further focus on the X duration of Minutes/ Hour.