Automatic associations in an I.T. monitoring system
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1. A method comprising:
- presenting a service definition interface enabling user input of an indication of a filter criteria for identifying one or more entity definitions for association with a service definition in computer storage, the service definition representing a service in an information technology (IT) environment, and each entity definition representing an entity in the IT environment that performs the service, each entity definition comprising information for an identification of machine data pertaining to the entity, and wherein the service definition and the entity definitions are configuration information of a service monitoring system;
storing the filter criteria in association with the service definition in response to receiving the indication of the filter criteria via the interface;
identifying one or more entity definitions based at least in part on the filter criteria and reflecting in computer storage an association of at least one of the identified entity definitions with the service definition;
wherein the machine data is produced by one or more components within the IT environment and reflects activity within the IT environment;
wherein the method is performed by one or more processing devices.
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Abstract
A computer system exposes an interface for the specification of filter criteria. The filter criteria may identify control information of a service monitoring system (SMS) that defines entities in an IT environment monitored by the SMS. An association of identified entities with a monitored service may be made to direct the ongoing operation of the SMS toward the service.
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1. A method comprising:
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presenting a service definition interface enabling user input of an indication of a filter criteria for identifying one or more entity definitions for association with a service definition in computer storage, the service definition representing a service in an information technology (IT) environment, and each entity definition representing an entity in the IT environment that performs the service, each entity definition comprising information for an identification of machine data pertaining to the entity, and wherein the service definition and the entity definitions are configuration information of a service monitoring system; storing the filter criteria in association with the service definition in response to receiving the indication of the filter criteria via the interface; identifying one or more entity definitions based at least in part on the filter criteria and reflecting in computer storage an association of at least one of the identified entity definitions with the service definition; wherein the machine data is produced by one or more components within the IT environment and reflects activity within the IT environment; wherein the method is performed by one or more processing devices. - 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)
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25. A system comprising:
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a memory; and a processing device coupled with the memory to; present a service definition interface enabling user input of an indication of a filter criteria for identifying one or more entity definitions for association with a service definition in computer storage, the service definition representing a service in an information technology (IT) environment, and each entity definition representing an entity in the IT environment that performs the service, each entity definition comprising information for an identification of machine data pertaining to the entity, and wherein the service definition and the entity definitions are configuration information of a service monitoring system; store the filter criteria in association with the service definition in response to receiving the indication of the filter criteria via the interface; identify one or more entity definitions based at least in part on the filter criteria and reflect in computer storage an association of at least one of the identified entity definitions with the service definition; wherein the machine data is produced by one or more components within the IT environment and reflects activity within the IT environment. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. 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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presenting a service definition interface enabling user input of an indication of a filter criteria for identifying one or more entity definitions for association with a service definition in computer storage, the service definition representing a service in an information technology (IT) environment, and each entity definition representing an entity in the IT environment that performs the service, each entity definition comprising information for an identification of machine data pertaining to the entity, and wherein the service definition and the entity definitions are configuration information of a service monitoring system;
storing the filter criteria in association with the service definition in response to receiving the indication of the filter criteria via the interface;identifying one or more entity definitions based at least in part on the filter criteria and reflecting in computer storage an association of at least one of the identified entity definitions with the service definition; wherein the machine data is produced by one or more components within the IT environment and reflects activity within the IT environment. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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