Metric Wizard

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Metric Wizard

You can customize key fields and metric parameters using an intuitive metric wizard during the final stages of creating a new contract. The Wizard is used to update the metrics selected from services definitions.

The Metric Wizard is used to quickly modify metrics the first time they are viewed. The following screenshot displays the Metric Wizard page.

Status Pane

The status pane provides a read-only, tree-view of the statuses of the selected service level templates, services and metrics. Using the color-coded tree hierarchy, you can browse through the metrics to update them in the contract.

Color	Status	Description
Red	Current metric	Metric is currently being updated
Blue	Updated	Metric has already handled by the metric wizard.
Gray	Pending Update	The wizard has not been used for this metric yet.

The Metric Wizard requires standard metric information to be entered including name, timeslot and all mandatory fields of the metric in the objective statement. Cluster base group and parameter values are mandatory fields when available.

Metric Details Pane

Field	Description
Name	Name of metric
Objective statement	Edit the modifiable parameters and fields
Notes	Write comments about the metric. The Notes field is equipped with a rich text format editor that enables the user to enter rich text information.
Timeslot	Select a Timeslot from the current contract or Timeslot template. Default is Always
Cluster Base Group	[Available for clustered metrics only]. Select the resource group for the cluster base group.
Description	[Optional]. Enter a description of the metric

The Metric Wizard is used to update the metrics in a contract when a contract is created.

Note: Running the metric wizard is optional. Metrics that were selected from the service level templates appear in the contract whether or not the metric wizard was run. For more information, see Modifying a Metric.

To update a metric using the metric wizard:

In the Metric Details pane, modify the metric as desired:
- In Name, modify the name of the metric.
- In Objective Statement, modify the objective statement
- In Notes, click to open the field and write comments about the metric. This field is equipped with a rich text editor to enable writing in rich text format.
- In Timeslot, select a timeslot from the list of available timeslots.
- In Description, enter a description for the metric.
Click Next Metric to save the metric and display the next metric.
[Optional]. Click Previous Metric to save the metric and return to the previous metric.
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Select another metric from the tree in the Status pane.
The current metric is saved and the information for the selected metric opens.
Click Finish to save the last metric and close the metric wizard.
The Metrics page opens.