Monitors and Metrics

[Former Member]

Hi All

I need to give access to users to Monitors and Metrics screens Only in order to allow them to create their own Metrics and monitors and providing themselves with alerting services.Also can we restrict them to choose query template from specific directory Only ,not to access other query templates.

Please let me know ASAP.

Ideas would be appriciated

Thanks

-Veeresh

[Former Member]

Hi Veeresh,

I assume you are on 11.5.

This is how you can do it in my opinion.

1. Create a Role e.g.: AlertUsers

2. Assign AlertUsers-Role and Everyone-Role to your user then.

3. To get the Metrics Screen

a) Open Link in New Window -> Properties

/Lighthammer/ActivePortal/MetricEditor.htm

b) Assign this Page in the Navigation Editor to your Role AlertUsers

4. To get the Page running

a) Security Services -> System Security

b) Assign the Service: MetricAlertServices to your Role AlertUsers

c) Assign the Service: Admin to your Role AlertUsers

Unfortunately the Admin-Service has to be assigned,

otherwise you are not able to get the Roles for the Metrics.

5. restrict them to choose query template

a) Remove the Everyone-Role from the affected queries.

So all your queries will be "protected" but you have to maintain your security settings.

b) Assign the AlertUsers-Role instead to the affected queries.

Hope this helps.

Comments on the Admin-Service are welcome.

Ciao

Martin

[Former Member]

Martin,

Can you explain more about restricting other Query template and accessing only relevant QT.

Salvatore

Can i create Dataset instead of having query template since when user selects dataset option as source type in metric screen he can access only datasets. Is this good move please let me know

Rgds,

Veeresh

[Former Member]

Hi Veeresh,

"Can you explain more about restricting other Query template and accessing only relevant QT":

1. Each xMII Object QT, DT, TRX has reader and writer roles on the security tab.

2. Just remove the role Everyone form the reader roles and assign the role that will have reading rights.

So only the members of the assigned roles will be able to get data form the query.

"only relevant QT":

If you like to give your users only some queries they can work with I would create a separate folder named e.g. "UseThisForYourAlerts" and copy a relevant QT there. If you like you can write a TRX that does the copy of relevat QT for you - of course you should set a flag some how e.g. in the filename.

"Dataset":

Datasets may be used to avoid having to create several QT for similar metrics. A DS may be used to customize QT for individual metric parameters. It's like having one Query to use with different QueryParams.

So if you play with the application you like to build you will find out that you need a QT as well to build a Dataset.

As the users can still choose either to use a QT or a DS on the MetricEditor.htm they have still access to all QT in the Templates Folder - so you need to restrict the QT.

Have you checked out my suggestion so far? Does it fit?

Ciao

Martin

[Former Member]

Martin

How do you remove role Everyone from reader roles on security tab? Also how do you assign particular person to QT folder..Please let me know

Thanks

Veeresh

[Former Member]

Hi Veeresh,

Why you can't remove the role Everyone from reader roles on the security tab of a QT?

Which Version are you running?

You can't assign particular person to a QT folder I never talked about this. And I don't would to put too much work on it get it solved by ISS and Windows Securitiy on 11.5 because 12.0 is as you know on a different plattform.

Ciao

Martin

[salvatore_castro]

Veeresh,

No, not that I know of...not without restricting access to everyone that is.

The only other option is to custom build your own page that does a browse of the templates you want and still performs the operations of the Monitors and Metrics pages. I recommend against this approach because it is prone to bugs but "you have to do what you have to do".

Sam