How do I create an indicator?

CAUTION 

CAUTION

Service Disruption

The name of an object, including subscriptions, baselines, indicators, templates, and chart profiles, cannot contain a semicolon (;) or backslash (\).

The use of these characters in an object identifier will result in corrupted data that must be deleted by Nokia support.

Steps
 
1 

Open Data Collection and Analysis Management, Indicators.

2 

Click png3.pngINDICATOR

3 

In the Create Indicator form that opens, enter a unique name for the indicator.

4 

Configure the collection interval and window duration parameters.

5 

If needed, click APPLY TEMPLATE at the top right of the window, select a template from the list, and click APPLY.

The parameters configured in the template appear in the Create Indicator form. These parameters can be changed.

6 

Configure the counters and formula as needed:

  1. Enter information in the Telemetry Type field. As you type, the field filters for available telemetry types to match your input.

    Choose the telemetry type from the list of matches.

  2. Click png3.pngCOUNTERS.

  3. If you have chosen more than one counter, a formula is required; see How do indicator formulas work?.

    Enter information in the Formula field. As you type, the field identifies incorrect syntax.

7 

In the Object Filter field, enter filtering information as needed to filter the collected data; see How do object filters work?.

As you type, the field provides suggestions for available filters to match your input and identifies incorrect syntax.

8 

Click VERIFY RESOURCES to ensure that the resources found by the object filter are correct for your requirements and that counter values are returned.

9 

Configure thresholds as needed:

  1. Click png3.pngTHRESHOLD.

  2. In the Add Threshold window that opens, enter a threshold value in the Threshold field.

  3. Choose a direction from the drop-down list.

  4. Click ADD.

  5. Add additional thresholds as needed.

10 

Configure threshold actions as needed:

  1. Click on a threshold you created in Step 9.

  2. Click png3.pngACTION and choose Alarm, Email, or Kafka from the drop-down list.

    • To configure an alarm, choose the severity from the drop-down list.

    • To configure an email action, enter recipient email addresses, separated with commas, and enter boilerplate information in the Subject and Content fields.

      To aggregate emails, enable the Aggregation toggle and configure the parameters. For example, the default value of 5 in the Period and Number of Events fields will send an email every five min, and for every five threshold crossing events, whichever comes sooner.

    • To configure a Kafka message, enter an existing topic name and enter the message information in the Content field.

  3. Add additional actions for each threshold as needed.

  4. Click SAVE.

11 

Click CREATE.

Note: If your formula does not include all the counters you selected, the CREATE button is dimmed. If you cannot create the indicator, check the Formula field to ensure all counters you selected are part of the formula and spelled correctly.

End of steps