Event Management Scorecards

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  • Updated February 1, 2024
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    Summary of Event Management Scorecards

    The Event Management Scorecards dashboard is accessible when both the Event Management plugin and the Performance Analytics - Content Pack - Event Management plugin are activated. This dashboard provides a comprehensive view of alerts, service impacts, and health checks relevant to IT operations management.

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    Note that the Event Management Scorecards dashboard is not supported on mobile devices, and configuration of Performance Analytics jobs is necessary for data display.

    Key Features

    • EM Overview Tab: Displays active and critical alerts, affected application services, and graphical representations of alert impacts.
    • Service Scorecard Tab: Provides insights on impacted services, average service impact time, and the percentage of affected application services.
    • Alerts Scorecard Tab: Highlights metrics such as the average age of open alerts and the percentage of critical alerts.
    • Health Check Monitors Tab: Shows license usage, event status breakdowns, and processed events per job over the last two hours.

    Key Outcomes

    Utilizing the Event Management Scorecards dashboard enables customers to effectively monitor and manage IT service disruptions, assess service impacts, and gain insights into alert management processes. This functionality is crucial for improving operational efficiency and ensuring service reliability within the organization.

    The Event Management Scorecards dashboard displays when both Event Management plugin (com.glideapp.itom.snac) and the Performance Analytics - Content Pack - Event Management (com.snc.pa.em) plugin are activated.

    Event Management Scorecards dashboard

    Note:
    • Event Management does not support mobile devices.
    • You must configure the relevant Performance Analytics jobs to enable the scorecards dashboard to display data. For details, see Performance Analytics data collection.
    1. Navigate to Event Management > Overview to view the overview module.
    2. Select Event Management Scorecards from the drop-down list.
    The tabs available in the Event Management Scorecards dashboard are:
    • EM Overview
    • Service Scorecards
    • Alerts Scorecard
    • Health Check Monitors

    You can click elements within widgets to obtain more information.

    EM Overview

    The EM Overview tab shows:
    Widget Description
    Active Alerts Number of active alerts.
    Critical Alerts Number of alerts whose severity is critical.
    Affected Application Services Number of services that have an impact on the application service.
    Affected Application Services - Grouped Graphical representation of the number of services that have an impact on the application service. You can configure the graph using the controls in the widget.
    Active Alerts - Grouped Graphical representation of the number of active alerts. You can configure the graph using the controls in the widget.
    Application Services Affected by Alerts Number of application services that have an impact on alerts. You can configure the graph using the controls in the widget.
    Active Alerts with Tasks Number of active alerts that have tasks. You can configure the graph using the controls in the widget.
    Top 10 Active Alerts Ten most active alerts during the review period. You can configure the graph using the controls in the widget.

    EM Overview tab in the Event Management Scorecards overview dashboard

    Service Scorecard

    The Service Scorecard tab shows:
    Table 1. Default reports in the Service Scorecard dashboard
    Widget Description
    New Impacted Services Displays the number of services that have been impacted by alert.
    Average Services Impact Time Displays the average time (in minutes) that services are impacted by alerts.
    % Today's Affected Application Services Displays the percentage of application services that were affecting during the day.
    % Application Services Impact Time Today Displays the percentage of application services that were impacted by alerts during the day.
    Average Impact Time by Application Services Displays the average time (in minutes) that application services are impacted by alerts.
    Average Impact Time by Services Criticality Displays the average time (in minutes) that application services are impacted by service criticality.

    Service Scorecard

    Alerts Scorecard

    The Alerts Scorecard tab shows:
    • Average age open alerts
    • % of alerts reopened at least once
    • % of alerts closed same day opened
    • % of primary alerts out of total alerts
    • % of alert grouping compression
    • % of new critical alerts
    • % of alert grouping coverage
    • % of alerts closed by operator
    • Alert Group Feedback

    Alerts Scorecard tab in the Event Management Scorecards dashboard

    Health Check Monitors

    The Health Check Monitors tab shows:
    • License usage per type
    • Event status breakdown at the end of last 2 hours
    • Number of events processed per job during the last 2 hours
    Health Check Monitors tab in the Event Management Scorecard dashboard
    Note:
    If there are a large number of events, the Event status breakdown at the end of the last 2 hours report is not available.