Overview

About SmartSignal Maintenance

In the SmartSignal Maintenance module, you can access, create, and modify the SmartSignal analytic instance (that is, SmartSignal analytics that have been mapped to APM assets) and models in your system.

Access an Analytic Instance

You can view and modify the details associated with the analytic instances, modes, and models in the SmartSignal Maintenance module.

Procedure

In the Applications menu, navigate to the RELIABILITY section, and then select SmartSignal Maintenance.
In the Analytic Instances pane, navigate to an analytic instance in the hierarchy, and then select the name of the analytic instance, mode, or model that you want to access.
To search for a specific analytic instance, mode, or model, specify the search criteria in the Search... box, and then press Enter.
Tip:
- To view the hierarchy filter options, select in the hierarchy header .
- To access a list of analytics that you have locked for editing, switch the My Locks toggle to the on position.
- To access a list of the SmartSignal analytic instances, switch the SmartSignal toggle to the on position.
- To include inactive SmartSignal analytic instances, switch the Inactive Instances toggle to the on position.
- To include inactive SmartSignal analytic instance models, switch the Inactive Models toggle to the on position.
- To refresh the hierarchy in the Analytic Instances pane, select .
- To view the hierarchy in a list format or a hierarchical format, select or , respectively.
To close the Analytic Instances pane, select , or select an area of the page outside of the pane.

Results

The page for the selected analytic instance, mode, or model appears, displaying information used to configure the analytic.

Access the Analytic Template or Asset Associated with an Analytic Instance

You can access the SmartSignal analytic template or APM asset associated with an analytic instance.

Procedure

Access the analytic instance.
Perform one of the following steps:
- If you want to access the SmartSignal analytic template associated with the instance, select Analytic Info.
  The SmartSignal Template page appears in a new tab, displaying the details of the SmartSignal analytic template associated with the analytic instance.
- If you want to access the APM asset associated with the instance, select APM Asset.
  The APM Asset page appears in a new tab, displaying the details of the APM asset associated with the analytic instance.

Add an Analytic Instance

You can add a new analytic instance for a selected asset directly from the SmartSignal Maintenance module.

Procedure

In the Applications menu, navigate to the RELIABILITY section, and then select SmartSignal Maintenance.
In the Analytic Instances pane, navigate to the asset in the hierarchy for which you want to create an instance.
Select , and then select Add Analytic.
The Guided Setup window appears. This workflow proceeds through the process required to configure, map tags, train and build your models, and deploy.
As needed, enter values in the available fields.
Select the button to indicate how to proceed.
Select Cancel to abort the add operation.

Results

Create Analytic & Close: The page for the newly created analytic instance appears, displaying information that is required to configure the analytic. By default, the page appears in a locked mode and is available for editing.
Create Analytic & Continue: The setup proceeds to the Tag Mapping step. For more information, refer Guided Setup.

View Asset Details

You can view the asset details of an asset associated with an analytic instance directly from the SmartSignal Maintenance module.

Procedure

In the Applications menu, navigate to the RELIABILITY section, and then select SmartSignal Maintenance.
In the Analytic Instances pane, navigate to the asset in the hierarchy, for which you want to view the details.
Select , and then select View Asset Details.
The Asset Instance window for the selected asset appears in a new browser tab, displaying detailed information about the asset to which the analytic instance is associated.

Sync Analytic Templates and Analytic Instances

Sync an Analytic Template across Multiple Analytic Instances

If an analytic template used by multiple analytic instances is modified to create a new version, you may want to update some or all of the analytic instances associated with that template simultaneously. In this scenario, complete the following steps to sync an analytic template across multiple analytic instances.

Before You Begin

Ensure that none of the analytic instances that you want to update is being edited by another user. If another user has locked a analytic instance for editing, you can take edit control from that user.

Procedure

Access an analytic template of the SmartSignal type.
Select Actions > Update Deployments.
The Analytic template synchronization for <Analytic Template> window appears.
In the window, select the check box next to each analytic instance that you want to sync with the analytic template, and then select Start Updates.
The sync job begins. Once the job is successfully completed, the selected analytic instances are synced with the selected analytic template.
Optional: If you want to view the status of the sync job, select the Job Details link.
The SmartSignal Deployments page appears, displaying the Job Status section. The Status column for the sync job that you started displays one of the following values: success or fail.
Optional: If the job failed and you want to view the reason for the failure, select the fail link.
A window appears, displaying information about the job failure.

Sync an Analytic Instance with an Analytic Template Version

You can sync an analytic instance in SmartSignal Maintenance with an analytic template version added in the Analytics Templates page or the SmartSignal Analytic page.

Before You Begin

Add a new version of an analytic template in the Analytics Templates page or the SmartSignal Analytic page.

Procedure

Lock for editing the analytic that you want to modify.
In the Actions box, select Health > Analytic Template Sync.
The Select Analytic Template Version window appears.
In the Version drop-down list box, select the template version that you want to use, and then select Continue.
The Confirm Changes to Analytic Instance window appears displaying a message that indicates whether the selected version contains structural changes.
Note: SmartSignal only supports synchronization of an analytic instance with an analytic template containing structural changes if the analytic template was added using a transfer file. If you attempt to synchronize an analytic instance with an analytic template containing structural changes that was not added using a transfer file, the Confirm Changes to Analytics Instance window displays an error message.
Select Continue.
A progress bar appears. When the instance is updated, the screen refreshes, and the updated data for the selected version appears in the table.
Confirm that all data appears as expected.
When you have finished making changes, select Deploy, and then, when prompted to confirm the deployment, select Deploy again.

Note: If you want to undo your changes, you can select Discard Changes in the Actions menu.

A notification appears when your changes have been deployed successfully.

Sync an Individual Tag Value with the Template

If you modified a field value in a tag within an analytic instance, the cell for that value is highlighted in the table for that analytic instance. If you want to replace your customized field value in the analytic instance with the value in the template, you can sync that specific value without syncing the entire analytic instance.

Procedure

Lock for editing the analytic that you want to modify.
Optional: If the column containing the value that you want to sync is not already displayed, select , then select the check box next to the column that you want to display, and then select to close the Column Chooser window.
The specified columns are displayed.

When you access an analytic instance, cells in the following columns with modified values are highlighted in yellow, and the values in the cells appear in bold font:


Units	Standard Units	Actual High
Actual Low	Adaptation High	Adaptation Low
Decimals	Step High	Step Low

In the table for a model, the following additional columns use this formatting:


Alarm Type	Residual (Positive)
Residual (Negative)	Filter High
Filter Low	Flatline Number
Is Driver	Is Independent
Outlier (Negative)	Outlier (Positive)
Residual Variance	Spike Sensitivity
SPRT (Negative)	SPRT (Positive)

Note: While you cannot modify values in the Residual Variance and Decimals columns in APM, if you imported the analytic from SmartSignal Classic, the value could have been modified in SmartSignal Classic before you imported it.

Hover over the cell that you want to sync with the template.
The Value is Customized window appears, displaying the template value and the instance value as well as a message indicating that the value is customized and will not be synced with changes to the analytic template.
Note: If no value appears next to Template Value or Instance Tag Value, that means a value for that cell was not specified in the template or instance, respectively.
Select Sync to Template.
The value in the specified cell is updated to match the value in the template.
Note: If you synced standard units which had been previously modified with the Convert Threshold Values toggle switched to the on position, any threshold values associated with that tag that are still synced with the template are also updated to match the new standard unit. However, if you modified a threshold value in the instance, that value is not updated when you sync the standard units. If you want to sync a modified threshold value with the template, you must sync it separately.