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Monitor Metrics

As a security administrator, you add metrics to the workspace and monitor them to ensure they do not exceed their thresholds. Use this procedure to configure the Metrics Panel. If you support multiple disciplines in CA Chorus, the Metrics Panel can display data across all disciplines.

In this example, you are monitoring the number of signons (RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY).

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the CA Chorus interface and click the plus sign control (+) on the Metrics panel.

   The Select Metrics Domain view of the Add New Metrics panel opens.

2. Click Security in the Metric Source menu.
3. Select Group Metrics by Metric Type.
4. Click Show Tree next to Metric Type and select a metric. Click Next.

   Example: Add 'Statistics Reporting/RACROUTE VERIFY Counts' to monitor the number of signons per minute.

5. Click to select a system from the Available Systems list, or control-click to select multiple systems. Click Add Selected. Click Finish

   The selected metrics appear in the metric panel.

Next, configure threshold values of caution and danger states for each metric.

Follow these steps:

1. Hover the mouse over the metric to monitor the current values.

   Watch the metric over time to determine the typical highs and lows at your site.

2. Click the metric, and click Set Threshold.
3. Set the Caution threshold to Above. Enter the highest average number of signons that you encountered.
4. Set the Danger threshold to Above. For now, enter an estimated number that is higher than the Caution threshold.
5. Click Set Threshold.

   The thresholds are defined. The cache is highlighted when the value exceeds the caution or danger threshold. A bar appears over the metric to indicate that a threshold is defined.

The threshold bar and the metric color change to yellow when the caution criteria are met. The color changes to red when the danger criteria are met.