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7/24/24, 10:29 AM Monitor your SAM environment with AppStack Search SAM Documentation  Monitor your SAM environment with AppStack The Application Stack, or AppStack, refers to the various layers that make up a complex application delivery infrastructure. The AppStack Environment view is an interactive visual mapping within the SolarWinds Platform that provides an in-depth perspective through an entire environment to help identify the root cause of performance and availability issues. AppStack automatically gathers information about objects in your environment, as well as their respective relationships, and displays them in a customizable view. Some relationships, such as groups and dependencies, can be customized. To access AppStack, click My Dashboards > Environment. Adjust the view with filter options and filter properties that you can save and reuse as layouts to display specific views of the AppStack. Hover over an item to display related data and status in a tooltip. Click an item to drill down and determine how it relates to other items in your environment. See AppStack data overview to understand icons for at-a-glance monitoring. The next section describes how to use AppStack as a troubleshooting tool. To further understand and customize the AppStack Environment, see: AppStack Environment categories and data Customize the AppStack view in SAM Use filters for AppStack https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/sam/content/sam-manage-appstack.htm 1/3 7/24/24, 10:29 AM Monitor your SAM environment with AppStack Create an AppStack layout in SAM AppStack data overview Additional learning resources about AppStack include: A Geek's Guide to AppStack (THWACK) Introduction to AppStack (video) Find the Needle in the "AppStack": Troubleshooting Application Performance (video) Use AppStack to troubleshoot issues in your environment Using AppStack as a troubleshooting tool is fairly straightforward. Click My Dashboards > Environment to open the AppStack Environment view, and click an object to see related objects. To investigate further, navigate to the Details page of the object or any related object. For example, the illustration below displays all objects in the current environment. The application, MSSQLSERVER, is in a Critical state, as indicated by its icon. To see what this application is related to, click the MSSQLSERVER icon. As you select objects in AppStack, the system automatically updates the view to highlight related objects. Here, MSSQLSERVER is selected so any related objects are highlighted. To hide unrelated objects in the view, click Spotlight in the menu bar. You can also select an individual object and click Spotlight to hide it. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/sam/content/sam-manage-appstack.htm 2/3 7/24/24, 10:29 AM Monitor your SAM environment with AppStack To navigate to the Details page for a selected object, click the icon of the selected object next to the chart at top or double-click the larger icon in the main view. You can review and managed the critical and warning issues per node. © 2003-2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/sam/content/sam-manage-appstack.htm 3/3 7/24/24, 10:29 AM Troubleshooting environmental issues with Performance Analysis dashboards Search SolarWinds Platform Documentation  Troubleshooting environmental issues with Performance Analysis dashboards This SolarWinds Platform topic applies only to the following products: Hybrid Cloud Observability Essentials — Hybrid Cloud Observability Advanced DPAIM — EOC — LA — NAM — NCM — NPM — NTA — SAM — SCM — SRM — VMAN — VNQM — WPM Create analysis projects with the Performance Analysis (PerfStack™) dashboard. Analysis projects visually correlate time series data, both historical and current, from multiple SolarWinds products and entity types in a single view. This allows you to: Troubleshoot issues in real-time. Create ad-hoc reports. Identify root causes of intermittent issues. Make data-driven decisions on infrastructure changes. Drag and drop performance metrics, events, and log data from multiple device types to a chart to perform deep analysis of what was going on in your environment when the issue occurred, including real-time polling for issues you're experiencing now. You can mix and match metrics from data collected across multiple SolarWinds products for both broad and in-depth insight to your infrastructure. For example, you could identify an issue in your application that causes disk I/O to spike and slowdowns if you collect SRM and SAM data. After your project is built, share the troubleshooting project with other members of your team for remediation. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-create-performance-analysis-charts.htm 1/9 7/24/24, 10:29 AM Troubleshooting environmental issues with Performance Analysis dashboards Compatible SolarWinds products Performance Analysis is most useful in correlating performance data when multiple SolarWinds products are installed. Correlate data from the following SolarWinds products: NPM 12.1 or later SAM 6.4 or later VMAN 7.1 or later NTA 4.2.2 or later SRM 6.4 or later WPM 2.2.1 or later EOC 2.0 or later NCM 7.7 or later (Configuration changes) VNQM 4.4.1 or later (IPSLA operations) DPAIM 11.1 or later (DPA integrated with the SolarWinds Platform) If you have at least one of these products installed together on the same server, you can access Performance Analysis dashboards. However, you may not be able to use all collected metrics if you pull data from older product versions. Some data is either not available or partially available in the Performance Analysis dashboard, such as data from the following: NetPath™ For a more complete list, see SolarWinds KB MT85165. Create analysis projects Update charts in real-time (Real-Time Polling) Use Display Transform algorithms to visually transform chart data View the polled data for a plotted metric Modify the time range for all charts View more information for an entity Share analysis projects View your saved analysis projects Add saved analysis projects to views as a widget Delete analysis projects https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-create-performance-analysis-charts.htm 2/9 7/24/24, 10:29 AM Troubleshooting environmental issues with Performance Analysis dashboards Create analysis projects The entities and metrics you can add to your analysis project depends on the SolarWinds products installed on your SolarWinds Platform server. The rocket ship next to a metric means that the SolarWinds Platform can collect real-time data for the metric. The data line may not fully extend to the right of the chart because it is based on the last polling time. Depending on your account limitations, you may not have access to all available data, metrics, or entities. However, all users can create Performance Analysis troubleshooting projects. Create analysis projects from the Performance Analysis dashboard 1. Click My Dashboards > Home > Performance Analysis. If you customize your dashboards, Performance Analysis might not be in the menu bar. Click Settings > All Settings > User Accounts > Edit and note what you use for HomeTab Menu bar. Click My Dashboards > Configure, and add Performance Analysis to the menu bar you used in HomeTab Menu bar. 2. Add entities. You can add a key entity and then add all other related entities. Hover over the entity in the metric palette and click the Add related icon. 3. Select an entity and choose metrics to drag to the dashboard. You can also drag and drop an entity directly to the charts. Create analysis projects from the entity details page You can open an analysis project directly from the details page of nodes, interfaces, IPSLA operations, clusters, datastores, hosts, VMs, LUNs, SRM pools, storage arrays, volumes, cloud instances, and applications. 1. Open the details page to an entity. 2. Click Performance Analyzer on the Management widget. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-create-performance-analysis-charts.htm 3/9 7/24/24, 10:29 AM Troubleshooting environmental issues with Performance Analysis dashboards This opens a project with relevant metrics from the entity already charted. For example, key metrics for node entities include: Average CPU Load Average Percent Memory Used Average Response Time Alerts Events Status Metrics that are not collected for an entity are not added. You can add more metrics from related entities. Update charts in real-time (Real-Time Polling) Metrics denoted by a rocket ship icon can use high frequency polling, one second apart, to update their charts. You can have both real-time metrics and regular metrics in your project. You can only have 10 real-time pollable metrics in your project. If you have 11, Real-Time Polling cannot start. Your project has a 10 minute window of real-time metrics. You may not have the option to poll entities in real-time. This option is controlled through individual account settings and is based on the version of SolarWinds Platform your installation runs on. SolarWinds Platform version 2017.3 includes this option. EOC installations and DPA metrics do not have this option. You can poll up to 30 unique metrics across all user accounts in real-time. After this limit is reached, a warning message displays. When you stop Real-Time Polling, the metrics will continue to poll at the accelerated pace for two minutes before stopping. Real-Time Polling does not affect normal polling intervals. Click Start Real-Time Polling in the toolbar. All real-time enabled metrics in your analysis dashboard begin to poll the entities approximately every second. When the rocket ship icon flashes, Real-Time Polling has started. The icon stops flashing when data from the first poll is returned https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-create-performance-analysis-charts.htm 4/9 7/24/24, 10:29 AM Troubleshooting environmental issues with Performance Analysis dashboards Use Display Transform algorithms to visually transform chart data During an analysis, you can apply a transformation algorithm to any currently charted metric. Transformation algorithms can make it easier to correlate data and to find trends, anomalous values, or other patterns. Using transformation algorithms can help you understand your data more quickly and efficiently. Enable a Display Transform algorithm: 1. Hover your mouse over a currently charted metric, displayed on the right side of the screen. 2. Click the revealed menu button to see the available transformation algorithms. 3. Click an algorithm to enable it. When you enable an algorithm, the metric's chart immediately updates and reflects the transformed data. If needed, the chart's scale automatically adjusts to fit the transformed data. In the dropdown menu, the active transformation algorithm is highlighted. Click an active algorithm to disable it, select a different algorithm to use it instead, or select None to disable Display Transform for the current metric. You can have one algorithm active for each charted metric. Smoothing turned off https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-create-performance-analysis-charts.htm 5/9 7/24/24, 10:29 AM Troubleshooting environmental issues with Performance Analysis dashboards Smoothing turned on Display Transform algorithms You can apply any one of the following algorithms to a charted metric: Change Point - useful for finding significant changes in the numerical average of a set of data over time. When the numerical average for a time series changes significantly, the charted line will move up or down to the new numerical average, indicating that there has been a notable statistical change in the numerical average of the data. Difference - Shows the relative positive or negative difference between a data point and the point immediately following it. The largest differences indicate significant changes in data during the scope of the charted timeframe. If the metric being transformed is a percentage, then the absolute difference (which is always positive) is shown. Linear Regression - Shows the overall linear trend of the charted data. The slope of the linear trend indicates the overall trend of the data in the charted timeframe. Linear Regression is useful for showing if a noisy set of data is trending up, trending down, or remaining constant. Normalized - Compresses a charted timeframe by representing each data point as a value between 0 and 100, relative to each other data point in the set. 100 represents the highest data point, and 0 represents the lowest data point. Normalized data is useful for comparing metrics of different scales: since each normalized metric shows all data in a common scale of 0 to 100, the data becomes easier to compare. Percentile Standardized - takes the data and calculates the median value and the median absolute deviation of the data set and calculates where each data point is relative to the median and median absolute deviation. The resulting range of data is indicative of anomalies from a percentile stand point. This can be useful because a mean value is often skewed by extreme outliers whereas percentiles are resilient to outliers in a large enough data set. If the metric being standardized is already a percentage, then the data will also be normalized in addition to being standardized. Smoothing - Takes a moving average of the data so that odd spikes in the data are averaged out, leaving only the overall pattern of data. Smoothing is useful for finding patterns in data that has a lot of spikes. Smoothing and Standardized - Combines the smoothing and standardized algorithims. Useful for finding cause and effect patterns. If the metric being standardized is a percentage, then the data will also be normalized in addition to being standardized. Standardized - Useful for quantifying how anomalous a value is relative to the rest of the data in the charted timeframe. Viewing multiple timeframes of data in standardized format can help you see patterns where anomalous values or trends happen. Values between -3 and 3 are expected whereas values less than -3 or greater than 3 can be considered anomalous. If the metric being standardized is a percentage, then the data will also be normalized in addition to being standardized. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-create-performance-analysis-charts.htm 6/9 7/24/24, 10:29 AM Troubleshooting environmental issues with Performance Analysis dashboards View the polled data for a plotted metric This is available for Syslog, SNMP Traps, Events, Alerts, and Configuration changes on installations running on SolarWinds Platform version 2017.3. Click and drag a selection on a chart, and click on the icon with the magnifying glass. The Data Explorer tab opens with the data that for the chart within the time frame you select. Use the Filters menu or the search bar to further reduce the visible data. Modify the time range for all charts You can set absolute, relative, or custom time ranges simultaneously across all charts in your troubleshooting project at the top of the dashboard. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-create-performance-analysis-charts.htm 7/9 7/24/24, 10:29 AM Troubleshooting environmental issues with Performance Analysis dashboards Click and drag to select a time range on a chart and zoom in or out using the hover menu. Click the X button to cancel the selection and return focus to the entire chart area. View more information for an entity Open the entity details page directly from the analysis project to view more information, such as MAC addresses or model numbers. Hover over the entity in the metric palette and click the link icon. Share analysis projects Click the Share button in your analysis dashboard to copy the project's URL to your clipboard. Share the URL so others can: Use the projects as-is and have the same data to troubleshoot issues. Modify the project and sent the URL back to you. Save it to their own Performance Analysis dashboard by clicking More > Save As. Add the project to a menu bar. For example, you may use a troubleshooting project to identify the root cause of an issue you are experiencing and send the URL in a help desk ticket for a technician to view, or you may share it with members of your team to refine your diagnoses or use as a troubleshooting tool. You can send the URL to anyone with access to the SolarWinds Platform Web Console. When a person views the troubleshooting project, all node access limitations are applied. View your saved analysis projects Click Load at the top of the dashboard to open your most recently used projects, or search for your saved projects. You can only view projects that you have created or saved, and you cannot save a project with Real-Time Polling enabled. You must manually turn Real-Time Polling on when loading a project. Add saved analysis projects to views as a widget With a performance analysis project as a widget on a view, you can compare the project with other data on the view, or show the performance analysis data on a NOC view. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-create-performance-analysis-charts.htm 8/9 7/24/24, 10:29 AM Troubleshooting environmental issues with Performance Analysis dashboards Adding widgets on views requires an account with View Customization privileges. 1. Go to the SolarWinds Platform Web Console view. When adding the widget to a Node Details page, make sure limitations do not prevent the data from displaying. 2. Click the Pencil icon in the top left corner, and search for the Performance Analysis project in Available Widgets. To find the widget, search for a string from the project's name. You can also search in the Group by list in the following categories: Type > Charts, Features > Performance Analysis, or Classic > Performance Analysis. 3. Drag and drop the project to the view and click Done Adding Widgets. Cannot find your project in Available Widgets? You can only add saved performance analysis projects as a widget. If you haven't saved any projects, no performance analysis widgets are visible in Available Widgets. Delete analysis projects Click More > Delete to remove a project. You can only delete projects you have created. If a user creates a project and is removed from the SolarWinds user list, the projects that user saved are not removed from the server. If you delete a troubleshooting project that you have shared with others, you are only deleting your copy. © 2003-2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-create-performance-analysis-charts.htm 9/9 7/24/24, 10:30 AM Troubleshooting Analysis Projects Search SolarWinds Platform Documentation  Troubleshooting Analysis Projects This SolarWinds Platform topic applies only to the following products: Hybrid Cloud Observability Essentials — Hybrid Cloud Observability Advanced DPAIM — EOC — LA — NAM — NCM — NPM — NTA — SAM — SCM — SRM — VMAN — VNQM — WPM I do not see all the data I expect The collected data depends on the products you install and how they are configured. For example, you cannot display storage I/O data without installing and configuring SRM. You may not have access to the data. The data displayed depends on your account limitations. The entities may not have data during the time period you view. For example, a node under maintenance does not have data during that time frame because the node is not polled. You may be examining a time before the node was added. The data may not exist in the database. I do not see key entities The Performance Analysis dashboard respects account limitations. If your account is restricted from viewing certain entities or nodes, you cannot view the data in the Performance Analysis dashboard. Not all metrics I add are charted or data does not display correctly after I add more metrics This is usually due to browser limitations. Changes to the Performance Analysis dashboards are reflected in the URL. If you have a large amount of data, the URL may exceed the character limit for URLs in your particular browser. Save the troubleshooting project to compress the URL and continue to edit it. Some entities do not have metrics Metrics without data do not display in the metric palette. Some metrics do not line up or change when I expand or contract the time frame We use up to 240 data points to create the charts. On larger time frames, the data can be slightly distorted due to how many data points are used to create the chart. Additionally, data points are averaged and become more granular as you contract the time frame. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-perfstack-troubleshooting.htm 1/3 7/24/24, 10:30 AM Troubleshooting Analysis Projects The charts include different information when I share them The person looking at the shared chart may have account limitations applied or have different account limitations. Real-Time Polling does not work The node may be down, or the underlying polling method, such as SNMP, may be unresponsive. © 2003-2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-perfstack-troubleshooting.htm 2/3 7/24/24, 10:30 AM Troubleshooting Analysis Projects https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-perfstack-troubleshooting.htm 3/3 7/24/24, 10:30 AM Customize the AppStack view in SAM Search SAM Documentation  Customize the AppStack view in SAM To customize the AppStack view, click Default Layout > Change Layout Settings in the top right of the page. Modifying settings can boost performance, such as limiting the number of objects displayed, hiding empty categories, and adjusting the update interval. You may need to log in with an administrator account to perform this action. You can modify the following settings: Limit on Up Objects Shown per Category: Objects in the AppStack Environment view are ordered from left to right, with the worst status being shown on the left side of the view. Limit the number of Up objects to provide more room for objects needing attention. Object Names: Displays distressed objects. Align Objects: By default, all objects are left-aligned. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/sam/content/sam-customizing-the-appstack-environment-view-sw1920.htm 1/2 7/24/24, 10:30 AM Customize the AppStack view in SAM Show Category Status Summary: The Category Status Summary are the colored numbers to the right of each category, indicating the number of objects in a particular state. This can remain visible at all times, or only when categories are collapsed. Empty Categories: Select this option to hide categories with no objects, giving the view a cleaner look. Update Interval: Change the time between AppStack refreshes. © 2003-2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. 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Hide this Message Select your Preferred Language from the below list English (US) FEATURED TOPICS (/SUCCESSCENTER/S/TOPIC/0TO2J000… SolarWinds Performance Analysis (PerfStack) Performance Analysis (PerfStack™) dashboards can be used for troubleshooting projects that visually correlate data from multiple SolarWinds products and entity types on a single page for easier analysis of issues, to create ad-hoc reports, to help identify root causes of intermittent issues, and more confidently make data-driven decisions. Oct 20, 2023 Success Center FIRST PUBLISHED DATE 10/30/2018 2:27 PM LAST PUBLISHED DATE 10/20/2023 9:57 AM OVERVIEW This article discusses the use of Solarwinds Performance Analysis (Perfstack). ENVIRONMENT NPM 2020.2;NPM 2022.3 CAUSE RESOLUTION Performance Analysis (PerfStack™) dashboards are a feature for troubleshooting projects that visually correlate historical time series data from multiple SolarWinds products and entity types in a single view to analyze issues, create ad-hoc reports, identify root causes of intermittent issues, and make data-driven decisions on infrastructure changes. Continuously running of real time polling in https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/SolarWinds-Performance-Analysis-PerfStack?language=en_US 1/4 7/24/24, 10:30 AM SolarWinds Performance Analysis (PerfStack) performance analysis will have an effect on resources of your Orion Server. We highly recommend to use real time polling for troubleshooting purposes. PerfStack dashboards became available with SolarWinds Orion Platform 2017.1, and are included in the following products: Orion Platform 2017.1: NPM 12.1, SAM 6.4, VIM 7.1, NTA 4.2.2, SRM 6.4, WPM 2.2.1 Orion Platform 2017.3: NPM 12.2, SAM 6.4, VIM 8.0 (VMAN integrated with Orion), NTA 4.2.3, SRM 6.5, WPM 2.2.1, EOC 2.0, NCM 7.7, VNQM 4.4.1, DPAIM (DPA Integration Module) 11.1 Want to learn more about PerfStack? Check out New Feature Training: Improved Troubleshooting Tools with NPM 12.2 and PerfStack, available at SolarWinds Academy (https://customerportal.solarwinds.com/VirtualClassrooms/#78). Disclaimer: Please note, any content posted herein is provided as a suggestion or recommendation to you for your internal use. This is not part of the SolarWinds software or documentation that you purchased from SolarWinds, and the information set forth herein may come from third parties. 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All rights reserved. https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/SolarWinds-Performance-Analysis-PerfStack?language=en_US 4/4 7/24/24, 10:31 AM AppStack Environment categories and data Search SAM Documentation  AppStack Environment categories and data By default, the following categories appear in the AppStack Environment that you can access by clicking My Dashboards > Home > Environment categories in the SolarWinds Platform: Groups Containers Chassis Applications Database Instances Servers Hosts Virtual Clusters Virtual Data Centers Virtual Centers Volumes API Pollers Other SolarWinds Platform products offer more categories. For example, if your deployment includes SolarWinds Web Performance Monitor (WPM), Transactions and Steps categories also appear. Category Status Summary indicators along the right side of page parse, enumerate, and display the number of objects in each category, emphasizing the status as indicated by the colors. Supported categories and data The following matrix outlines categories associated with the AppStack Environment view, which vary by SolarWinds product. Category SRM SAM VMAN WPM DPA NPM Definition Groups Manage your environment by organizing monitored objects logically into groups, regardless of device type or location. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/sam/content/sam-categories-and-data-sw1883.htm 1/4 7/24/24, 10:31 AM AppStack Environment categories and data Category SRM SAM VMAN WPM DPA NPM Definition Containers Lightweight, executable packages of software that include everything needed to run an application: code, system tools, system libraries, and settings. Containers isolate applications and their dependencies into self-contained units that can run anywhere without interfering with each other. Chassis A physical structure that houses one or more servers. Applications Also called application monitors, these are collections of component monitors that collect specific metrics. Database Database instances including Microsoft Instances SQL, MySQL, and Oracle appear if the SolarWinds DPA Integration Module (DPAIM) is configured in your environment. Transactions A recording of web browser steps assigned to a specific location in SolarWinds WPM. Steps A collection of actions in a transaction created in WPM. For example, the actions required to navigate to a specific URL make up one step. See How WPM works. Servers A system that can accept requests from a client and return responses accordingly. A server makes services, data files, programs, and peripheral devices available to workstations on a network. Hosts A server running a hypervisor for virtualization that can host multiple VMs. Virtual A group of VMs installed at distributed Clusters servers from one or more physical clusters. VMs in a virtual cluster are logically connected by a virtual network across several physical networks. Each virtual cluster is formed with physical machines or a VM hosted by multiple physical clusters. See Monitor your virtual infrastructure in SAM. Virtual Data A centralized virtual repository to store, Centers manage, and disseminate data related to a particular body of knowledge or pertaining to a particular business. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/sam/content/sam-categories-and-data-sw1883.htm 2/4 7/24/24, 10:31 AM AppStack Environment categories and data Category SRM SAM VMAN WPM DPA NPM Definition Virtual A server that acts as a centralized Centers management application to manage VMs and ESXi. Datastores A set of data object sets modeled using classes defined in a database schema. A datastore may also contain simpler types such as flat files. Some datastores represent data in only one schema, while others use several schemas for this task. Volumes A volume, or logical drive, is a single accessible storage area with a single file system, typically residing on a single partition of a hard disk. LUNS A Logical Unit Number (LUN) identifies a logical unit, which is a device addressed by the SCSI or SAN protocols that encapsulate SCSI, such as Fibre Channel or iSCSI. A LUN may be used with any device which supports read/write operations, but usually refers to a logical disk created on a SAN. NAS Network-attached storage (NAS) is a type Volumes of dedicated file storage device that provides LAN users with centralized, consolidated disk storage through a standard Ethernet connection. Pools A storage pool (also called a RAID array) is a collection of disk drives that become a logical entity. VServers A virtual storage server (VServer) contains data volumes and one or more logical interfaces (LIFs) through which it serves data to clients. A VServer can contain multiple FlexVol volumes, or a single Infinite Volume. A VServer securely isolates the shared virtualized data storage and network, and appears as a single dedicated server to its clients. Each VServer has a separate administrator authentication domain and can be managed independently by a VServer administrator. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/sam/content/sam-categories-and-data-sw1883.htm 3/4 7/24/24, 10:31 AM AppStack Environment categories and data Category SRM SAM VMAN WPM DPA NPM Definition Storage Two or more disk drives built into a stand- Arrays alone unit to provide increased availability, resiliency, and maintainability by using existing components (such as controllers and power supplies) to the point where all single points of failure are eliminated from the design. API Pollers Monitor metrics via external REST APIs by sending automated API requests to poll data from remote REST APIs. 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Jun 25, 2020 Success Center FIRST PUBLISHED DATE 10/16/2018 5:03 PM LAST PUBLISHED DATE 6/25/2020 9:34 PM OVERVIEW This article provides brief information when no relations are shown in the AppStack resource on the Group Details view. ENVIRONMENT SAM 6.5 - EOL;SAM 6.6 - EOL;SAM 6.7 - EOL CAUSE RESOLUTION If you have created a group that contains only objects which have no representation within the AppStack environment, for example, Nodes that are switches, routers, wireless access points, interfaces, etc. then they will not have relationships and the only item displayed within the AppStack resource on the Group Details view is the group itself. This is normal behavior. 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All rights reserved. https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/AppStack-No-relations-are-shown-when-a-group-is-selected?language=en_US 4/4 7/24/24, 10:31 AM Create and edit Intelligent Maps Search SolarWinds Platform Documentation  Create and edit Intelligent Maps This SolarWinds Platform topic applies only to the following products: Hybrid Cloud Observability Essentials — Hybrid Cloud Observability Advanced NAM — NPM — NTA — SAM — UDT — VMAN — VNQM — WPM Use the Map Editor to create and customize Intelligent Maps: Create Intelligent Maps from scratch Select multiple entities in Map Editor Create a new map from an auto-generated Intelligent Map Duplicate and edit an existing Intelligent Map Set visibility and owner Find related and connected map entities Manually connect entity objects Add custom images to Intelligent Maps Configure entity and image properties in Map Editor You can add Intelligent Maps to your views in a widget. See the Intelligent Maps post on THWACK. If your user account does not have Node Management rights, you can save maps only as entities without status. You can display such maps in a widget or in the View mode, but you cannot nest maps without status into other maps. Create Intelligent Maps from scratch 1. Click My Dashboards > Maps in the Home section. 2. On the Maps page, click New Map. An empty canvas opens. You are now in Edit mode. 3. Select desired entities in the Entity Library and drag them to the canvas. Any relationships to mapped entities, such as topology connections, manual dependencies, or ADM relations, are automatically displayed. 4. Filter the list of entities shown from the Entity Type drop-down. Select the filter button to choose from a number of options, such as, Machine Type, Polling Method, or Status. If your desired option is not shown, click the edit pencil to open a dialogue box and type in any relevant property to filter by. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-maps-create-maps.htm 1/7 7/24/24, 10:31 AM Create and edit Intelligent Maps 5. To display more details about the entity, click an entity on the map. The details are displayed in the panel on the right. The panel lists related entities, connected entities, alerts, and recommendations (VMAN) for the selected entity. 6. To identify an entity from the list on the map, click the menu icon next to the entity in the list, and click Center map on this entity. This also changes the focus of the map. To view related or connected entities, click Show related entities or Show connected entities. The panel displays entities relevant for the selection. 7. To place an entity, click and drag selected individual entities from the list, or use Shift to grab all entities between two selections. Drag the selections to the canvas to place the nodes in staggered grid formation. By click-and-dragging across the canvas, you can perform a marquee selection of entities. 8. Adjust the position of entities on the map. You can use the following shortcuts: Shortcut Explanation + Zoom in. - Zoom out. Ctrl + Mouse wheel Zoom in. up Ctrl + Mouse wheel Zoom out. down Space bar + Click + Pan the map in the viewport. Drag Map Editor Only Del Remove the selected object(s) from the map. Excludes auto- discovered connections. Ctrl + S Save the map. Ctrl + Shift + S Save the map under a new name. Esc Clears object selection. Arrows Nudge the selected object. Shift + arrows Move the selected object. Ctrl + Z Undo previous map modification Ctrl + Y Redo previously undone map modification 9. To preview the map, click More > View. This opens the map in View mode. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-maps-create-maps.htm 2/7 7/24/24, 10:31 AM Create and edit Intelligent Maps In View mode, you can: Hover over an entity to display the pop-up. Review the list of entities on the map. Click an entity to display the Inspector Panel. You cannot add entities from the Inspector Panel. To add entities, you need to switch to the Edit mode. 10. To save the map, click More > Edit to return to Edit mode. 11. Click Save and provide a unique name. The Intelligent Map is saved. If your user account does not have Node Management rights, the saved map does not have a status and does not appear in the list of entities. Select multiple entities in Map Editor The multi-select tool allows you to select, click, and position multiple entities at one time. Click-and- drag to individually pick entities from the entity list, or use the Shift Key to grab a group of entities and drag your selections onto the canvas as a unit. The click-and-drag process performs a marquee selection of entities. Once your placement is complete, use the Control key again to select and adjust the properties of multiple entities when necessary. Create a new map from an auto-generated Intelligent Map 1. Go to the details view of the entity you want to base your map on, and click the Map subview. 2. Add related or connected entities on the map. 3. Position the elements as needed. 4. Click Open Map in Editor in the top right corner. The map opens in the Map Editor. 5. Complete the map definition and save the map. Duplicate and edit an existing Intelligent Map If you want to create a map similar to one you have already created, save the map using another name, and adjust your copy of the map. Only the owner of a map and users with Administrator privileges can save edits to the original map. Other users who are not the owner can edit a map's copy, but not the original. To duplicate and edit an Intelligent Map: 1. Click My Dashboards > Home > Maps. 2. Select the map to adjust and click Edit. 3. Click More > Save as. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-maps-create-maps.htm 3/7 7/24/24, 10:31 AM Create and edit Intelligent Maps 4. Provide a name for the copied map and edit as required. Set visibility and owner When you create an Intelligent Map, you are the map's owner. By default, the map is only visible to its owner and users with Administrator privileges. To allow another user to see and change the map, set the user to be the map owner. To make the map visible to all users and to make it editable for all users who can see Intelligent Maps, set its visibility to public. Steps to set visibility and owner 1. Go to Maps management. Click Settings > All Settings > Manage Maps. 2. Click an Intelligent Map to view it and then click More > Edit. 3. In Edit mode, click the Public Visibility toggle to make the map public. 4. To switch the map owner, expand Owner and select the new owner in the drop-down list. 5. Save your changes. Find related and connected map entities From the Intelligent Maps Editor, you can view relationship information across a stack of connected entities. Connected entities are any nodes or interfaces that are connected based on NPM's Topology data or SAM's Application Dependency Connections. Related entities are all other nodes, such as volumes or applications, associated with a server. 1. Locate and add an entity to the map. Click the menu icon to the right of the entity ( ). 2. Select Show Related Entities or Show Connected Entities. This opens a panel of all related entities or connections respectively. 3. From the panel, you can search and filter based on entity type. Additionally, you can continue to click new options, and each opens a new panel of connected or related entities. Manually connect entity objects You can connect objects and define custom connections within the map editor. You must select two entities in order to activate the Connect Objects tool in the Intelligent Map Editor toolbar. 1. Select two entities by holding the Ctrl key to select the entities you wish to connect. You can also select entities using click and drag. 2. Click the entity connection button from the Connect Objects toolbar. This opens the Configure custom topology connection window. 3. For the first entity, click Configure and select the desired interface to connect to. The panel displays all objects related to that specific entity. You can filter or search for a specific entity. 4. Click Apply to associate the two objects. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-maps-create-maps.htm 4/7 7/24/24, 10:31 AM Create and edit Intelligent Maps 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to connect the second entity to an interface. 6. Click Create. Add custom images to Intelligent Maps You can enhance your maps by adding images outside of the monitored entities This allows you to highlight the location of important elements, help users easily interpret a map, or enhance the overall look of your maps, such as adding your company's logo to a map. You can also use customized icons for entities or add a customized background in the Properties Panel. From the Map Editor toolbar: 1. Select the Insert Images icon. 2. Browse to and select your desired image file. 3. Once the image has been placed, you can click and drag the image to a new position on the map. 4. Click and drag to select multiple images at once. Edits can be applied to all highlighted selections. Make additional edits to the image, such as bringing an image forward or backwards in relation to other images on the map. For more information, see Align canvas items. Configure entity and image properties in Map Editor From the Map Editor, placed entities or images can be configured using the toolbar and properties panel. The following tools are available depending on the number of map items selected as well as the type - an entity node, image, connection, or shape. Selections This allows you to quickly select multiple items on a map to further edit. There are several options available: Select all (Ctrl+a), Select Entities, Select Shapes, Select Images, and Select Labels. Select Labels applies only to custom text and does not select the labels under entities. The properties panel options available change dependent on the selection. Layouts This tool allows you to change the layout of placed and selected entities on the map editor. By default, placed items can be manually moved using a snap-to layout. The Layouts tool allows you to reconfigure the positioning of multi-selected nodes based on force-direction, grid layout, or hierarchical layout. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-maps-create-maps.htm 5/7 7/24/24, 10:31 AM Create and edit Intelligent Maps Insert shapes, custom labels, images Add shapes - rectangles or circles, text labels, or images onto your canvas to add depth or logical groupings within a map. Objects are added to the upper-left corner of the canvas, from which it can be dragged and placed as desired. You can then drag and "snap" other items, such as an entity, into the object. The alignment of a shape, label, or image on the canvas can be changed from the Align Items menu. Align canvas items Objects, such as shapes, images, and labels, are layered behind entities and connections, and in the order they are added to the map. These objects can be selected, moved, and deleted. When objects are selected, the following options are available from the Align menu: Left/Center/Right align Top/Middle/Botton align Distribute images vertically Distribute images horizontally Adjust the position of selected object using the following shortcuts: Shortcut Explanation Ctrl+J Bring the object forward one layer. Ctrl+Shift+J Bring the object to the front. Ctrl+[ Send the object back one layer. Ctrl+Shift+[ Send the object to the back. If multiple objects are selected in a set, moving them forward or backwards a "step" retains the current stacked order. Properties Panel The Properties Panel is designed to allow you to customize every item added to the map canvas. You can apply property changes to either a single selection or multiple selections, including items of different types. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-maps-create-maps.htm 6/7 7/24/24, 10:31 AM Create and edit Intelligent Maps When selecting multiple objects, attribute values that are the same for all selections are visible. If objects have contrasting values, the attribute is marked (multiple) to indicate there are differences. Property Explanation Size & Position Adjust the height and width, X-Y positioning, or degree of rotation of an entity. Toggle the aspect ratio lock to force a re-sized entity to preserve its original size ratio. Text Customize the content displayed within an entity, including the label, style, color, font type and size, and text position or alignment. Word wrap allows you to change the character of text added to an object from Content: Wrap to fit: text fills the width of the object. Wrap to width: restricts label to a specific pixel width. Icon (nodes) Customize the look and style of icon used for a node. Change the image used for an icon from a library of available images. You can also upload your own icon to be used. Use an icon based on the status of a node. Change the node background shape and how large the node icon is in relation to the shape. Additionally, you can toggle to show or hide the status badge for an entity. Style Customize the attributes of an item, such as the Fill Color, Border Width, Border Color, and Corner Radius. Behavior (shapes Add a URL hyperlink to a shape or image. The full URL - including and images) HTTP/HTTPS must be included. When an item with a configured Behavior is clicked in an active map, a new window is opened, redirecting to the indicated URL. © 2003-2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-maps-create-maps.htm 7/7 7/24/24, 10:32 AM Define what users can access and do in the SolarWinds Platform Search SolarWinds Platform Documentation  Define what users can access and do in the SolarWinds Platform This SolarWinds Platform topic applies only to the following products: Hybrid Cloud Observability Essentials — Hybrid Cloud Observability Advanced DPAIM — ETS — IPAM — LA — NAM — NCM — NPM — NTA — SAM — SCM — SRM — UDT — VMAN — VNQM Each user or group account can have different privileges applied to it, such as the ability to modify alert definitions or delete nodes. 1. Log in to the SolarWinds Platform Web Console as an administrator. 2. Click Settings > All Settings in the menu bar. 3. Click Manage Accounts in the User Accounts grouping. 4. Select an account, and click Edit. 5. Specify the login options. Login option Setting Should the user be able to log Set Account Enabled to Yes. in immediately? Disabling an account does not delete it. Account definitions and details are stored in the SolarWinds Platform database and can be enabled later. When you disable an account that was used to create alerts, the alerts' Owner field is permanently cleared, but the alerts operate as normal. Should the user be able to log Specify the expiration date. in only temporarily? Should the user be logged in Select Yes for the Disable Session Timeout option. Session indefinitely even if the timeouts are global and set in Web Console Settings. browser is closed? By default, new user accounts are configured to timeout automatically. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-user-account-access-settings-sw2264.htm 1/4 7/24/24, 10:32 AM Define what users can access and do in the SolarWinds Platform 6. Specify what tasks the user should be able to do. Access Task (Select Yes for this option or do as instructed) Add and edit user accounts and reset Allow Administrator Rights passwords. Granting administrator rights does not assign the SolarWinds recommends that Admin menu bar to a user. you do not allow users to change their own SolarWinds Platform Web Console account passwords. Add, edit, and delete nodes. Allow Node Management Rights Create, edit, and delete maps or Allow management of Network Atlas Maps images in the Network Atlas and Intelligent Maps. Allow management of Intelligent Maps Allow upload of images to Intelligent Maps For more information, see Intelligent Maps user permissions. Create, edit, delete, and import/export Manage Dashboards modern dashboards owned by the user. Create, edit, delete classic Manage Views dashboards/views except for system (read-only) views. This automatically enables Manage Dashboards. If you edit a classic view, the changes are seen by all Create, edit, delete, and import/export other users that have been assigned the same view. modern dashboards owned by the user. Create, edit, and delete both private Allow Administrator Rights. This automatically and public modern dashboards and enables Manage Views and Manage Dashboards. manage classic dashboards/views. Add, edit, schedule, and delete reports. Allow Report Management Rights To only allow access to some reports, select the report category the user can access. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-user-account-access-settings-sw2264.htm 2/4 7/24/24, 10:32 AM Define what users can access and do in the SolarWinds Platform Access Task (Select Yes for this option or do as instructed) Add, edit, and delete alerts. Allow Alert Management Rights To only allow some actions, keep No in Allow Alert Management rights and Allow items in the Alerts section as appropriate: Allow Account to Disable Actions Allow Account to Disable Alerts Allow Account to Disable All Allow Account to Clear/Acknowledge Orion messages To only access some alerts, select the category the user can access, or No Limitation. SolarWinds does not recommend enabling Alert Management Rights when a user account is set to expire. When the account expires, any alert the account created will behave erratically. Users with Alert Management Rights have the same privileges as the Administrator of the computer where the SolarWinds Platform is installed. Administrator rights are required to create SQL alerts and use SQL macros in the alert definition. Enable/disable monitoring, or stop Allow Account to Unmanage Objects & Mute Alerts triggering alerts for monitored entities. Restrict user access to network areas Click Add Limitation and select a limitation that or hide specific data for the user. defines access limits. 7. If you want the user to use additional browser functions, such as right-click menu options, set Allow Browser Integration to Yes. Right-click menu options also depend on installing the SolarWinds Desktop Toolset and running the Toolset Integration Tray application on each client computer. 8. Provide the maximum Number of Items in the Breadcrumb List. To show all available items in breadcrumb drop-downs, set this option to 0. 9. Click Submit. New account settings are applied when a user next logs in. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-user-account-access-settings-sw2264.htm 3/4 7/24/24, 10:32 AM Define what users can access and do in the SolarWinds Platform The user account also controls the default menu bars and views, and how much of your network they can access through the SolarWinds Platform Web Console. © 2003-2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-user-account-access-settings-sw2264.htm 4/4 7/24/24, 10:32 AM Define what users can access and do in Intelligent Maps Search SolarWinds Platform Documentation  Define what users can access and do in Intelligent Maps Each user or group account can have different Intelligent Maps privileges applied to it, such as the ability to add images to a map. By default, maps are only visible to the user who created them (the owner). See Set visibility and owner for details. 1. Log in to the SolarWinds Platform Web Console as an administrator. 2. Click Settings > All Settings in the menu bar. 3. Click Manage Accounts in the User Accounts grouping. 4. Select an account and click Edit. 5. Specify the Intelligent Maps account access options. 6. New account settings are applied when a user next logs in. Account permission Setting Should the user be able to edit Set "Allow management of Network Atlas maps" to Yes. Network Atlas maps? By default, accounts have this permission enabled. In SolarWinds Platform 2020.2.4 and earlier, this permission was named "Allow maps management". The permission setting from earlier versions is carried over. Should the user be able to view, Set "Allow management of Intelligent Maps" to Yes. edit, create, delete, or import maps to Intelligent Maps? If set to No, the user can only view maps. All map modifying buttons are disabled and the user cannot edit, create, or delete maps. By default, accounts have this permission enabled. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-maps-user-account-access.htm 1/3 7/24/24, 10:32 AM Define what users can access and do in Intelligent Maps Account permission Setting Should the user be able to upload Set "Allow upload of images to Intelligent Maps" to Yes. images/icons to an Intelligent Map? If set to No, image modifying buttons are disabled and the user cannot edit or upload images/icons to maps. By default, new user accounts have this permission disabled. By default, new admin accounts have this permission enabled. © 2003-2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-maps-user-account-access.htm 2/3 7/24/24, 10:32 AM Define what users can access and do in Intelligent Maps https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-maps-user-account-access.htm 3/3 7/24/24, 10:33 AM Use Intelligent Maps to view historical events Search SolarWinds Platform Documentation  Use Intelligent Maps to view historical events This SolarWinds Platform topic applies only to the following products: Hybrid Cloud Observability Essentials — Hybrid Cloud Observability Advanced NAM — NPM — NTA — SAM — UDT — VMAN — VNQM — WPM Introduced in Intelligent Maps 2020.2, you can now travel back in time to view events of a map and its members - such as down time, alerts, and status - using Historical Tracking. Enabling History Tracking provides aggregate, historical event data within a configured map to inform about potential issues that have occurred in the past and the impact the event had on connected entities. Tracking history through Intelligent Maps allows you to review the state of an environment prior to an outage, providing additional evidence and details critical in aiding root cause analysis and expedited repair. Historical Tracking pairs with PerfStack to provide contextually relevant data within a specified time frame. Historical Tracking does not function for users with account limitations. To enable Historical Tracking on your map: 1. Log in to SolarWinds Platform Web Console as an administrator. 2. Click My Dashboards > Home > Maps. 3. Open your map and navigate to the Intelligent Maps Properties panel. 4. From the properties panel, click the toggle for Track History. 5. Once enabled, a button shows in the top right corner of the map when in View mode (View History). Using this button, you can move to the historical tracking view. 6. Using the timeline at the bottom of the view, you can navigate to specific intervals to display what the map looked like at that time frame. You can also click the button in the top left to play a historical loop of the current timeline on your screen. Historical tracking is based on 10-minute snapshot intervals over a 7-day period and can be enabled for 10 maps total, with a maximum of 100 entities per map. © 2003-2021 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-maps-time-travel.htm 1/3 7/24/24, 10:33 AM Use Intelligent Maps to view historical events https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-maps-time-travel.htm 2/3 7/24/24, 10:33 AM Use Intelligent Maps to view historical events https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-orion-maps-time-travel.htm 3/3