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Resources Overview

Resources are the foundation of both operational monitoring and business process visualization in Nodinite.

The Resources Overview in the Monitor Management menu is where a Nodinite Administrator manages Resources: finding them, enriching them with Custom Metadata, configuring Expected State and Auto Healing, and checking which Monitor Views use them.

Tip
What is a Resource? You are just one click away from knowing.

Resources are discovered by Monitoring Agents and evaluated by the Monitoring Service. Resources serve dual purposes:

Operational Monitoring - Include Resources in Monitor Views for real-time health tracking, alerts through Alarm Plugins, and Remote Actions
Business Process Visualization - Tie Resources to Services which can be placed in BPM steps for business context

This dual role means one Resource provides both technical monitoring and business process visibility. Read the Resources topic to understand these concepts before continuing.

Understanding Resource Administration

The diagram shows where the Resources Overview sits: Monitoring Agents feed Resources in, you administer them here, and they flow out to the views your users work with.

graph LR MA["fa:fa-monitor-waveform Monitoring Agents
discover Resources"] --> MS["fa:fa-watch-fitness Monitoring Service
syncs and evaluates state"] MS --> RO["fa:fa-lightbulb-on Resources Overview
filter, edit, delete, restore"] CAT["fa:fa-folder Category"] -.->|"classifies"| RO APP["fa:fa-box-open Application"] -.->|"groups"| RO RO -->|"Expected State, Auto Healing,
Custom Metadata, Link"| CFG["fa:fa-wrench Resource configuration"] RO -->|"included by filters"| MV["fa:fa-display Monitor Views
operations perspective"] RO -->|"tied to"| SVC["fa:fa-gear Services"] SVC -->|"placed in"| BPM["fa:fa-project-diagram BPM
business perspective"] style MA fill:#3F827B,color:#fff style MS fill:#3F827B,color:#fff style RO fill:#2678BD,color:#fff style CFG fill:#E47528,color:#fff style MV fill:#9E59BB,color:#fff style BPM fill:#9E59BB,color:#fff

Green: the backing components that discover and evaluate Resources. Blue: the Resources Overview, where you administer them. Orange: the per-Resource configuration you set. Purple: the views where users see Resources.

Component	Role
Monitoring Agents	Discover Resources in the monitored systems and report their state
Monitoring Service	Syncs Resources, Categories, and Applications from the agents and tracks state changes
Resources Overview	The administrative list of all Resources, with filters and per-Resource actions
Add or manage Resource	Per-Resource settings: Expected State, Auto Healing, Link, and Custom Metadata
Monitor Views	Include Resources through filters and give users access through Roles
Services and BPM	Show the same Resources in a business process context

In the Resources Overview you will find a sortable list of Resources that stem from Monitoring Agents to manage. An extensive list of Resources can swiftly be narrowed down using powerful filtering capabilities.

The Resources Overview shows each Resource's Monitoring Agent, Category, Application, and Log Text, colored by state.

Filtering Resources

The Resources Overview provides multiple filter options to help you quickly find specific Resources:

Text Filter - Type characters to search Resource names
Monitoring Agent - Filter by the Monitoring Agent that discovered the Resource
Category - Filter by Resource Category for logical grouping
Application - Filter by Application association
Status Code - Filter by operational state (see Resource States)
Auto-healing State - Filter by the state of the Resource's Auto Healing entries; Successful lists the Resources that recovered after an attempt (see How do I see that Auto Healing fixed a Resource?)
Custom Metadata - Advanced filtering using custom fields (grey button)
Show Deleted - Include deleted Resources in the list (checkbox)

Custom Metadata Filtering

Click on the filter button with the icon to open the Custom Metadata filter panel. This allows you to filter Resources based on custom fields defined in your Nodinite configuration.

The grey filter button opens the Custom Metadata filter panel.

This powerful feature allows you to filter by business-specific attributes beyond standard fields. Only active Custom Metadata that applies to Resources is offered.

Animated walkthrough: from all Resources to the three with Priority High; the filtered field gets its own column.

Click the Filter by Custom Metadata button.
Click Select Custom Metadata and pick the field (Priority).
Open the value list and pick a value (High). Several values in one filter match any of them.
The list shows the matching Resources, with a column for the field that shows each value as a badge.

Each filter row has three options next to the value:

Option	What it does
≠ Invert condition	Finds the Resources that don't have the value
Check if any value exists	Finds the Resources that have any value in the field; with Invert condition too, the box reads Checking if no value exists and finds the Resources without one
= Match the whole value exactly	The whole value must be equal; without it, a text value matches part of the value (SQL `LIKE`). Always on for Select and Check Box fields, whose values come from a list; on by default for Number fields, so 5 doesn't find 15

Click Add Filter to filter on a second field, up to 4 filters. A Resource must match all of them.

Animated walkthrough: Priority = High finds 3 Resources, inverted 2353; any Priority finds 4, none 2352; High and SLA level Gold together leave 1.

One filter row with its three toggles.

Tip
Combine multiple filters simultaneously for precise results. For example, filter by Application + Category + Custom Metadata to find specific Resource subsets.

Resource Hover Information

Hover over any Resource in the list to display additional metadata without opening the Resource details:

Created Date - When the Resource was first discovered
Modified Date - Last update timestamp
Monitor Views Count - Number of Monitor Views where this Resource is included

The three badges show how long ago the Resource was created and changed, and how many Monitor Views include it.

Note
The Monitor Views count helps identify which Resources are actively monitored and where they appear in operational dashboards.

Manage Resources

Each Resource in the list has an Actions button that provides access to management operations and detailed information.

The Action menu for a Resource; Restore replaces Delete for deleted Resources. Show in Mapify and Show in Mermaid show the Resource with its relations in Mapify or as a Mermaid diagram.

Available Actions

The Actions menu offers the following operations:

Edit Resource

Open the Resource to view its state and relationships and to configure the Link, Expected State, Auto Healing, and Custom Metadata. The step-by-step guide is Add or manage Resource.

Edit opens the Resource with its General, Configuration, and History tabs.

Tip
Resources are auto-discovered by Monitoring Agents. Name, Description, Category, and Application come from the agent; you configure the settings on the Configuration tab and the Custom Metadata.

Delete Resource

Remove a Resource from active monitoring. Deleted Resources can be restored using the Show Deleted filter and Restore action.

Delete soft-deletes the Resource; you can restore it later.

Warning
Deleting a Resource removes it from all Monitor Views where it's included. Use Monitor Views action to check usage before deletion.

View History

Display the complete change history for the Resource, showing all modifications with timestamps, user information, and field-level change details. Administrative operations across Nodinite are also searchable in Log Audit Search.

View History opens the audit trail for the Resource.

Note
Change history is essential for compliance auditing and troubleshooting configuration issues. Users who need to see how a Resource's state changed over time use Resource State History.

Monitor Views

To view which Monitor Views include this Resource, click the Monitor Views action. This opens a list of all dashboards where the Resource is actively monitored.

The Monitor Views action lists the views that include this Resource.

Click the chevron to expand the list and navigate directly to any Monitor View for further management or inspection.

Each entry links to the Monitor View, where you can adjust its Resource filters.

When to Use the Monitor Views Action

Identify operational dashboards monitoring this Resource
Assess impact before making changes or deletions
Navigate directly to Monitor Views for dashboard management
Verify Resource is included in expected monitoring configurations

Tip
The Monitor Views count shown in the hover tooltip (see Resource Hover Information) provides a quick indicator, while this action shows the complete list with navigation links. Which Resources a view includes is set on its Resources tab; see Add or manage Monitor View.

Restore (Deleted Resources Only)

Restore a previously deleted Resource back to active status. This action only appears when viewing deleted Resources using the Show Deleted filter.

Restore Workflow

Enable Show Deleted checkbox in filters
Locate the deleted Resource in the list
Click Actions → Restore
Resource returns to active monitoring and is re-added to previous Monitor Views (if still configured)

Act on many Resources at once

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Tick the checkbox on each Resource, or the checkbox next to With Selected to tick every Resource on this page of the list (unticking it clears the whole selection, on every page), then open With Selected. The number in each item shows how many of the selected Resources it applies to.

Manage Tags sets Tags on every selected Resource; see Tag Resources and Manage Tags.
Delete (n) deletes the selected Resources. You can restore them later.
Restore (n) and Permanently Delete (n) count the deleted Resources in the selection (check Include deleted first), next to Delete (n) for the active ones.
Permanently Delete needs the built-in Administrator Role and can't be undone. A deleted Resource's Action menu has it too. A Resource that can't be removed is refused, and the result message names each one and why.

Two Resources ticked, so With Selected offers Delete (2) next to Manage Tags.

Tag Resources