Viewing Infrastructure Management Object Data in the Investigator

Viewing Infrastructure Management Object Data in the Investigator

View Infrastructure Management Data in the Investigator

The Investigator module is the primary starting point for users to investigate and diagnose problems. The information in the Infrastructure Management repository is designed to service network, system, and DB2 resource activities. The Investigator simplifies your access to this information. The data in the Investigator is from the external engines.

The system groups the Infrastructure Management objects by categories in the expandable and collapsible infrastructure management object tree. The Investigator tree consists of options that support network and system (and combined) objects.

As you drill down into the data, the Investigator table header includes information to indicate how you arrived at the data. If you filter data, those values appear as header information in your results. As you drill into data, use the Actions pane on the right to view complementary displays, or other CA Chorus functions, such as Time Series.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to CA Chorus.
2. Add the Investigator module to your dashboard from the Module Library, and click Start New Investigation.

   The Investigator opens.

3. Select Infrastructure Management from the discipline drop-down list.

   The Infrastructure Management object tree opens.

   The tree expands and lists the available categories.

4. Expand a category to list the objects included in that category.

   For example, scroll down and expand the Systems Summary category.

5. Select an object.

   For example, expand the Systems Summary category and select the Systems Overview object. The Investigator displays the Systems Overview object table.

   Note: When opening large objects, a message can be displayed stating that you must create a filter first. If you see this message, create a filter and click Search. The object is displayed with more manageable data.

6. Scroll through the data table or filter data by clicking the View Filter icon (Magnifying Glass icon at the top of the table).

   Note: To use a wildcard to filter on a string, enter the string and then the % sign.

7. (Optional) Select a row or multiple rows.

   The Actions panel opens to the right, and the Details pane expands under the object table:

   • The Actions pane lists navigational type actions available for the line item selected. If you select multiple rows, the Actions pane displays only the navigational and administrative type actions available for all the selected rows.
   • The Details pane displays a number of tabs dependent on the selected line item. The first tab displays the selected line item details. The remaining tabs display information from other objects pertaining to the selected line item. If you select multiple rows, the Details pane displays the line item details available for the last row you select.

The object data toolbar provides more options. Hover your cursor over the toolbar to see the available options described.