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Compute Engine

Compute Engine allows computations to be performed on the monitored data from the Geneos system, and the results placed into new metrics on which rules can be set. These computations can be used to compare several values, summarise items across several systems, or perform statistical functions upon a set of historical values.

The Compute Engine functionality allows additional value to be added to the monitored data from the Geneos system. It includes the ability to add additional rows, columns and headlines to existing dataviews and to populate the new cells with calculated data. Additional dataviews can also be created to allow summaries across multiple parts of the system.

Some possible uses are:

• create a new column in the CPU plugin that shows a 1-minute moving average of the %usertime column
• create a new headline in the PROCESSES plugin that counts the number of process instances being run by user ‘fidessa’
• create a new total row in a plugin that adds up all the values in relevant columns
• create a new view, summarising the lines to the exchanges, with a column that will be green if all the lines are up, amber if some of the lines are down and red if all the lines are down