Configure Sensor Health Monitoring

Before You Begin

Log in to APM as a user with the SmartSignal admin permission set.
Note: To view the Sensor Health Monitoring feature in the UI, the feature must be added to the permission set by an admin.

About This Task

This topic describes how to enable and customize the Sensor Health Monitoring parameters. You can also configure the parameters for an analytic instance and at tag level within SmartSignal Maintenance.

Procedure

  1. In the Applications menu, navigate to ADMIN > Operations Manager.
  2. Select SmartSignal Tenants.
  3. Select Config.
    The SmartSignal Sensor Health Monitoring section appears.
  4. Enter values as described in the following table.
    ParameterDescription
    SHM EnabledSelect this option to enable Sensor Health Monitoring. When you do so, you can activate Sensor Health Monitoring for analytic instances selected in the Select instances for SHM activation box.
    Alert Suppression EnabledSelect this option to enable Alert Suppression for the tenant.
    SHM instance selectionSelect the analytic instances for which you want to enable Sensor Health Monitoring. You can search for an instance, or you can select all. If an analytic instance is locked, you must activate it from SmartSignal Maintenance.
    Reward Window (Hours)Enter the duration, in hours, of good data required to restore the sensor health state.
    NANSelect this option if you want sensor health to be checked based on whether sensor providing a NAN value (Not a Number) will be considered. The Penalty Window (Hours) parameter determines the number of hours of persistent NANs required to trigger a bad sensor health state.
    OutlierSelect this option if you want sensor health to be checked based on whether the sensor values are significantly higher or lower than normal. The Penalty Window (Hours) parameter determines the number of hours of persistent outliers required to trigger a bad sensor health state.
    FlatlineSelect this option if you want sensor health to be checked based on whether the sensor values are completely the same. The Penalty Window (Hours) parameter determines the number of hours of persistent flatline required to trigger a bad sensor health state.
    PaintbrushSelect this option if you want sensor health to be checked based on whether the sensor values are significantly different alternating values (erratic). The Penalty Window (Hours) parameter determines the number of hours of persistent paintbrush required to trigger a bad sensor health state.
  5. Select Save.
    Tip: If you want to restore the values of parameters to the original values, select Reset Changes.