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You can assign methods to monitoring attributes, and access the method definitions using the Customizing transaction for the Alert Monitor, RZ21. A method can be a report, a function module, an SAP transaction, or a URL that is to be executed as a reaction to an alert. You can execute these methods within the Alert Monitor. If you double click, for example, the monitoring tree element (MTE) for prematurely terminated jobs, the monitoring architecture automatically starts the job management transaction, in which the job reported in the MTE is already selected.

All methods required for standard monitoring functions are predefined. You only need to change the method assignments if you add a new method or if you want to replace one of the SAP standard methods with a method of your own. You can transport method definitions to other SAP systems. However, this is only necessary for your own method definitions; the methods delivered by SAP already exist in all systems with the same SAP release.

Monitoring tree elements are assigned to MTE classes. An MTE class describes the general properties and method assignments that are common to a particular group of monitoring tree elements. The MTE class is also used in rule-based monitor definitions.

The Space Management monitoring object and the Free Space monitoring attribute, for example, both belong to the MTE class CCMS_DB_Freespace_MT. This means that both MTEs have the same general properties and method assignments.

You can also group methods assigned to MTE classes in properties variants. This has the advantage that you can run different methods in different properties variants, making the monitoring of SAP systems more flexible. Another advantage is that long-running methods can be run in the background.

The following methods exist:

· Data Collection Methods

These methods allow the collection of information about the SAP system and its environment that is then reported to the monitoring architecture. The method starts automatically or is automatically started by the Alert Monitor at specified time intervals.

A data collection method is, for example, an ABAP program that is responsible for the collection of information about an MTE.

· Auto-Reaction Methods

These methods start automatically when an alert is triggered. Almost no assignments are made in the standard SAP system; however, there are several predefined auto-reaction methods in the monitoring architecture that you can assign to any MTE classes:

· Send an E-Mail

· Execute an Operating System Command

· Execute an Auto-Reaction in the Central Monitoring System

· Analysis Method

This method allows a detailed analysis of error situations without leaving the Alert Monitor. You start an analysis method manually when you want to display information or investigate an alert.

An analysis method is, for example, an ABAP program for displaying information about a node in the monitoring tree and for collecting information about the problem that triggered an alert in this node.

You can display the current method assignments of the MTEs of a monitor and the status of the assigned data collection and auto-reaction methods in an overview screen. To do this, display the technical views of the Alert Monitor.

See also:

Changing Properties and Method Assignments

Use

Monitoring tree elements (MTEs) in the Alert Monitor and alerts in the Alert Browser are assigned methods. You can call these methods to investigate the status of an alert. For example, you could analyze a component of the SAP system with an analysis method, integrate additional monitoring functions into the monitoring architecture with data collection methods, and use auto-reaction methods if you want the system to react automatically to an alert.

Prerequisites

To be able to start all three method types from the monitor display, you must first activate the maintenance functions. If the maintenance functions are deactivated, you can only start analysis methods. The reason for this is that the manual start of an analysis method is part of the everyday work of an administrator, while the manual start of other methods is only necessary more rarely. Possible scenarios are:

· To obtain the current measured value for an attribute immediately, start the associated data collection method manually. This can be especially useful if the method is only called infrequently (for example, if it is called as a job).

· To test an auto-reaction method, start the associated auto-reaction method manually.

Procedures

You can start the methods from the alert monitoring tree, from the Technical Views or the Alert Browser.

Data collection and auto-reaction methods run in the monitoring architecture either in dialog under the SAPSYS user (which has only very restricted authorizations) or in the background under the user that created the corresponding job. If you start methods manually, these methods run in dialog under your user. The method could therefore behave differently to the way it behaves when started automatically by the monitoring architecture. Therefore, if you want to, for example, test new methods, do not rely solely on the results that you obtain from manual starts of the methods.

Starting a Method from the Alert Monitoring Tree

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1. Choose CCMS ® Control/Monitoring ® Alert Monitor, or call transaction RZ20.

2. Choose a monitor from the monitor sets.

3. Choose Extras ® Activate Maintenance Functions.

4. Select an MTE in the monitor.

5. Choose Edit ® Node (MTE) ® Start Method ® Start Analysis Method or Start Data Collection Method or Start Auto-Reaction Method. You can also start the analysis method by double clicking the node.

Starting a Method from the Technical Views

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1. Choose CCMS ® Control/Monitoring ® Alert Monitor, or call transaction RZ20.

2. Choose a monitor from the monitor sets.

3. Choose Extras ® Activate Maintenance Functions.

4. To start a data collection method manually, choose Views ® Status Data Collector. Choose the node for which you want to start the associated data collection method by double-clicking it, and confirm the following dialog window (see also Displaying the Technical View: Status Data Collector).

5. To start an auto-reaction method manually, choose Views ® Status Data Autoreaction. Choose the node for which you want to start the associated auto-reaction method by double-clicking it, and confirm the following dialog window (see also Displaying the Technical View: Status Autoreaction).

Starting a Method from the Alert Browser

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1. Choose CCMS ® Control/Monitoring ® Alert Monitor, or call transaction RZ20.

2. Start a monitor from the monitor sets.

3. Select an MTE in the monitor display.

4. Choose Open Alerts and then Display Alerts.

5. Select and alert, and choose Edit ® Node (MTE) ® Start Method ® Start Analysis Method or Start Auto-Reaction Method. You can also start the analysis method by double clicking the node.

See also:

Defining, Releasing, and Transporting Methods

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