Displaying Event Information for Assets

Pre-requisites:

The following general guidelines apply when displaying the events:

Ensure that webMethods Mediator is configured to collect and report runtime events.

You must configure Mediator to communicate with CentraSite (in the Integration Server Administrator, go to Solutions > Mediator > Administration > CentraSite Communication). For procedures, see Administering webMethods Mediator.

Ensure that CentraSite is configured to receive runtime events from Mediator.

The Events profile displays the runtime events of an asset. You can filter the list by target, event type and time period.

The Events profile contains information about runtime events that have occurred in a target (that is, a policy-enforcement point (PEP) or a runtime monitoring component).

The target publishes to CentraSite the runtime events that have occurred (assuming that the target type contains a MIB file in its target type definition file).

CentraSite provides predefined event types for use with Mediator, or any third-party policy-enforcement point (PEP), or runtime monitoring component such as Insight that is integrated with CentraSite. In addition, you can create custom event types using CentraSite Control.

Users with proper permissions can perform the following additional tasks:

View a log of all runtime events that have occurred in a particular gateway or in all gateways.

Create and manage custom run-time event types for use with Mediator.

To display the runtime events of an asset

1. In CentraSite Control, go to Asset Catalog > Browse.

2. In the Assets pane, right-click an asset whose runtime events you want to examine, and click Details.

You can also select multiple assets, click the Actions menu, and click Details.

3. Click the Events tab.

4. In the Events profile, type the appropriate information for each of the displayed fields:

In this field...	Do the following...
Target Type	The target type (for example, Mediator or a run-time monitoring component such as Insight).
Target	The target name.
Event Type	A particular event type or select All to view all event types.
Date Range	A range of dates from which to view the events.
Start Date	Alternatively, select the check box next to this field, click the calendar and select a starting date and time.
End Date	Click the calendar and select an ending date and time.

5. Click Search.

CentraSite displays the following information for each of the event:

Field	Description
Date/Time	The date and time that the event occurred. Click this hyperlinked value to view the Event Detail page, which will contain the event's SOAP request or response name in the Attribute column. Click the hyperlinked request or response name to display the full SOAP request or response.
Session ID	(Read-only). The session ID that generated the event.
Event Type	(Read-only). The type of event (for example, Monitoring, Policy Violation, Error, and so on.).
Service Name	(Read-only). The name of the service that caused the event.
Service Type	(Read-only). The service’s type.
Target	(Read-only). The target on which the event occurred.
Target Type	(Read-only). The type of the target on which the event occurred.