Monitoring cycle

In monitoring business operations, WebSphere® Business Monitor uses business models, which are represented in business measures models.

The following overview shows the steps in the monitoring process from representing a business model to monitoring metric and KPI values:

  1. Using WebSphere Business Modeler, represent the business model by modeling the business work flow within the organization and specifying measurable entities.
  2. Create the business measures model in the Business Measures editor, a component of WebSphere Business Modeler.

    Based on the business model, the business measures model is created to specify correlation between activities, event emission points, event filters, event composition rules, and situations. The Business Measures editor also defines the KPIs and metrics that are to be measured.

  3. Export the business measures model from the Business Measures editor.
  4. Using the Schema Generator, open the exported business measures model by using the WebSphere Business Monitor administrative console .
  5. Generate the database schemas and the associated artifacts of the business measures model.
  6. Configure the WebSphere Business Monitor databases according to the generated artifacts.
  7. Using the Model Import page in the administrative console, import the business measures model to WebSphere Business Monitor.
  8. Configure the WebSphere Business Monitor dashboards through the WebSphere Portal administration console
  9. Use the WebSphere Business Monitor dashboard views to monitor the changes in values of the metrics and KPIs.

Related concepts
Business Measures editor
Schema Generator
Related tasks
Importing a business measures model

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