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What is a Resource?

Resources Monitoring Monitoring Agent Configuration Monitoring Service Log Databases Web API Web Client Monitor Views Roles User

A Resource is specific object/unit being monitored by a specific Monitoring Agent. A Resource origin from Monitoring Agents. The current state of the Resource is tracked by the Monitoring Service.

The design goal is to represent every link in the System Integration chain as a Resource

The actual Resource has one of the following states at any given moment which represents it evaluated condition:

Status	Description
OK	Online	All's well; The Resource is operational
Warning	Warning state raised	One or more minor problems are detected
Error	Error state raised	One or more major problems are detected
Unavailable	Resource not available	Used to indicate an error/fatal condition usually since the Monitoring Agent Configuration or resource unavailable or can't be reached from the Monitoring Agent. Also, some Monitoring Agents use this state to indicate bad configuration, or inability to evaluate the Resource
Connection Error	Monitoring Service fails to communicate with the Monitoring Agent	Service is offline (server is shutdown/rebooting) Connectivity issues (bad network) Invalid Monitoring Agents configuration Invalid Remote Configuration

State / Status Code colors and order:

Examples:

The following properties are available on a Resource:

Property	Description
Name	The name of the Resource
Description	The user-friendly description about the Resource
Web Site	Provides the ability for a link to additional external documentation
Monitoring Agent Configuration	The name of the Monitoring Agent Configuration the Resource origins from
Application	The name of the Application
Category	The name of the Category

Expected State

All resources can be reconfigured to provide a different outcome when evaluating the current state. For example, a disabled SQL Job would normally be considered an error. By setting the expected State of the Resource different outcome is the result for the current state.

The opposite can also hold true, for example a Receive Location in BizTalk is supposed to be stopped due to some ongoing problem pending solution. Meanwhile, the Receive Location should be stopped.

From inside a Monitor View a resource with reconfigured expected state is displayed with a coloured dot indicating the real state.

NOTE: The LogText should not change over time for a resource that do not change its state. This is due to the caching mechanism trying to conserve bandwidth and costs when using service bus relaying.