Configure SAP to forward alerts to your BADI

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated August 1, 2024
  • 1 minute to read

    • After setting up SAP Solution Manager monitoring, you must configure SAP to forward alerts to the BADI (Business Add-in) you create as the first step in the SAP integration setup.

    Before you begin

    Role required: evt_mgt_admin

    About this task

    Third-party alerts get forwarded globally. You can configure the alert reaction only for a specific monitoring template.

    Procedure

    1. On the SAP UI, navigate to Application Operations > System Monitoring.
    2. In the ribbon at the top of the System Monitoring configuration page, select 2 Configure Infrastructure > 2.3 Default Settings.
      The Default Settings page appears.
      Figure 1. Default Settings page

      Default Settings tab page

    3. Configure and activate a third-party component.
      1. Enter edit mode by clicking the Edit button.
      2. Select the Third-Party Components tab.
      3. Click Add and add the following value as the third-party connector: Implementation: BADI Definition for Alert Reactions ZSNOW with scope = All Alerts and Metrics.
      4. Click Save to activate third-party components globally.
    4. Define the objects to which the monitoring template will be assigned.
      1. In the ribbon at the top of the page, select 5 Define Scope.
        The Define Scope page appears.

        Define Scope page

      2. Select the managed object to which you want to assign the monitoring template.
        The monitoring template is assigned to the selected objects.
    5. Reactivate the monitoring of templates.
      1. Select 6 Setup Monitoring.
      2. Search for and locate entries with Setup Status = Reconfigure Required and assign the monitoring template to those entries.
      3. Select Apply and Activate.
        When the jobs finish, verify that the Assignment Status is green.
        All templates and active alerts assigned to the selected objects use the new forwarding method.

    What to do next

    View alerts generated in SAP Solution Manager to see any pressing issues, as described in View alerts in the SAP Solution Manager inbox.