Portable control modules in a machine data driven service monitoring system
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1. A method comprising:
- causing display of an interface enabling a user to indicate a selection of at least one control data component of a service monitoring system (SMS);
receiving user input indicative of the selection;
constructing a data package based at least in part on the received input, the data package representing a control module and conforming to a standard representation format for a portable control module;
wherein the SMS comprises a KPI defined by a search query that derives a value from machine data associated with one or more entities that provide a service, the value indicative of a measure of the service at a point in time or over a period of time, each of the entities represented by an entity definition that identifies machine data pertaining to that entity, and the service represented by a service definition associated with the one or more entity definitions;
wherein the machine data is produced by one or more components within an information technology environment and reflects activity within the information technology environment;
whereby the operation of an active SMS instance may be controlled with information based at least in part on content of the data package; and
wherein the method is performed by a computer system comprising one or more processors.
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Abstract
The operation of an automatic service monitoring system (SMS) is directed by stored control information. Methods and mechanisms are provided to create portable control modules based on the control information. The portable modules may be transmitted or otherwise conveyed to a second SMS and imported there to establish the control information that directs and determines operational aspects of the second SMS.
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1. A method comprising:
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causing display of an interface enabling a user to indicate a selection of at least one control data component of a service monitoring system (SMS); receiving user input indicative of the selection; constructing a data package based at least in part on the received input, the data package representing a control module and conforming to a standard representation format for a portable control module; wherein the SMS comprises a KPI defined by a search query that derives a value from machine data associated with one or more entities that provide a service, the value indicative of a measure of the service at a point in time or over a period of time, each of the entities represented by an entity definition that identifies machine data pertaining to that entity, and the service represented by a service definition associated with the one or more entity definitions; wherein the machine data is produced by one or more components within an information technology environment and reflects activity within the information technology environment; whereby the operation of an active SMS instance may be controlled with information based at least in part on content of the data package; and wherein the method is performed by a computer system comprising one or more processors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system comprising:
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a memory; and a processing device coupled with the memory to; cause display of an interface enabling a user to indicate a selection of at least one control data component of a service monitoring system (SMS); receive user input indicative of the selection; construct a data package based at least in part on the received input, the data package representing a control module and conforming to a standard representation format for a portable control module; wherein the SMS comprises a KPI defined by a search query that derives a value from machine data associated with one or more entities that provide a service, the value indicative of a measure of the service at a point in time or over a period of time, each of the entities represented by an entity definition that identifies machine data pertaining to that entity, and the service represented by a service definition associated with the one or more entity definitions; wherein the machine data is produced by one or more components within an information technology environment and reflects activity within the information technology environment; and whereby the operation of an active SMS instance may be controlled with information based at least in part on content of the data package. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoding instructions thereon that, in response to execution by one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:
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causing display of an interface enabling a user to indicate a selection of at least one control data component of a service monitoring system (SMS); receiving user input indicative of the selection; constructing a data package based at least in part on the received input, the data package representing a control module and conforming to a standard representation format for a portable control module; wherein the SMS comprises a KPI defined by a search query that derives a value from machine data associated with one or more entities that provide a service, the value indicative of a measure of the service at a point in time or over a period of time, each of the entities represented by an entity definition that identifies machine data pertaining to that entity, and the service represented by a service definition associated with the one or more entity definitions; wherein the machine data is produced by one or more components within an information technology environment and reflects activity within the information technology environment; whereby the operation of an active SMS instance may be controlled with information based at least in part on content of the data package; and wherein the method is performed by a computer system comprising one or more processors.
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