Attributes
Attributes are characteristics or properties of the objects monitored by the IBM® Integration Bus Monitoring agent (for example, the names or status of nodes, integration servers, and message flows). Attributes are organized into groups of related items.
Attributes are used to define the queries that collect the information presented in workspace views. They are also used to specify the conditions, or situations, which trigger alerts and actions.
For more information about attributes, see Tivoli® Enterprise Portal online help.
Attributes and queries
Chart and table views use queries to specify which attribute values to request from a monitoring agent for display. You can modify those queries or design custom views by creating your own queries that collect data for only those attributes that you specify. For more information about how to design custom views, see Tivoli Enterprise Portal online help.
Attributes and situations
You can also use the attributes that are provided by the IBM Integration Bus Monitoring agent to create your own situations to monitor the performance of your integration applications and message flows. These situations can monitor your node resources or analyze message flows to alert you to problems when attribute values exceed the thresholds that you specify.
For information about the predefined situations that are available with the IBM Integration Bus Monitoring agent, see Predefined situations.