What is an indicator?

Indicators

An indicator is a subscription to a customized metric. Indicators allow you to define and track KPIs using a combination of telemetry data, arithmetic operators, and aggregation functions. Thresholds can also be included in the indicator, with actions that are triggered by threshold violations.

For example, you can create an indicator to track the average utilization of a three-node ring: utilization counters on the selected ports and LAGs in the ring are tracked and aggregated. Thresholds are set for rising and falling average utilization at specified values, generating alarms when the average utilization is outside the preferred range.

Creation of an indicator creates an indicator subscription to collect the required data.

Note: Indicator subscriptions and telemetry subscriptions are separate. An indicator cannot be generated from data collected by a telemetry subscription.

On-demand NFM-P statistics cannot be used to create indicators.

Indicator charts and a list of threshold crossing events are available in Data Collection and Analysis Visualizations.

To open Data Collection and Analysis Visualizations for a selected indicator, choose the indicator and click (Table row actions), Open in Data Collection and Analysis Visualizations. If the indicator has multiple outputs, choose the resources in the form that opens, click (Add) and click OPEN IN DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS VISUALIZATIONS. The view opens to a New Chart form with the indicator resources selected.

RESTCONF APIs are available for NSP Indicators; see the Network Infrastructure Management API documentation on the Network Developer Portal.