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Lesson 1.2: Creating monitor models

Before you begin, you must complete Lesson 1.1: Understanding central monitoring concepts.
In this lesson, you will learn to create a business monitoring project with one monitor model and a monitoring context definition in it.

Creating business monitoring projects

  1. Click the Open Perspective icon in the upper-right corner of your workbench. Select Business Monitoring from the menu or select Other if it is not on the menu. If you select Other, select Business Monitoring and click OK.
  2. Click File > New > Project. The New Project wizard opens. Expand the Business Monitoring option and click Business Monitoring Project.
  3. Click Next. The New Business Monitoring Project window opens.
  4. Enter Limousines_Part_1 for the Project name field. Keep the Use default location option selected.
  5. Click Finish. The Limousines_Part_1 project is displayed under the Project Explorer tab on the left side of your workbench.

Creating monitor models

  1. Right-click the Monitor Models folder and select New > Monitor Model. The Monitor Model wizard opens.
  2. Select Limousines_Part_1 as the parent folder.
  3. In the File name field, enter a name for this monitor model. Choose a name that closely reflects what you are going to monitor. For this tutorial, enter MonitorLimousines.
  4. Click Finish. If the Launch Getting Started window opens, click No.

Renaming monitoring context definitions

  1. Click the monitoring context definition name–MonitorLimousines MC. The right panel displays information about this monitoring context definition.
  2. Click the Name field and change the name to Trip.
  3. Click Edit to change the ID of the MC definition. For this tutorial, enter Trip as the new name.
  4. Write a short description for the MC definition in the Description field. This helps to clarify what the MC definition is supposed to be doing. For example, you can enter “this monitoring context is used to track all trip activities of a limousine rental business.”

Renaming keys

  1. Click the MonitorLimousines Key. The right panel displays information about the key.
  2. Click the Name field and change the key name to tripKey.
  3. Click Edit next to the ID field to change the name of the key. For this tutorial, rename the key to TripKey.

Lesson checkpoint

Now you are ready to add events, subscriptions and metrics. Lesson 1.3: Adding events, subscriptions, and metrics.

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