Interface monitoring setup…

In the previous blog on Interface Monitoring overview, we have explained the global functions of interface monitoring.

This blog will zoom into the setup parts. We will use a simple scenario to monitor a central user administration system which has RFC connections to the CUA child systems. Basically check that the connection in SM59 is working. More on CUA can be read in this blog.

Questions that will be answered in this blog are:

  • How can I enable my systems for interface monitoring?
  • How do I set up a scenario to monitor?
  • How do I setup alerting for an interface scenario?

Concept

The concept for interface monitoring is unfortunately bit confusing at first.

There are 2 main things to remember:

  1. Systems data collection and alerting: this is where the action happens
  2. Graphical representation: this is where you make it visible

Unfortunately this means you have to do lot of double work.

Set up systems

Goto the Integration and cloud monitoring FIORI tile:

On top right click on the configuration icon to change or add a scenario:

First add the systems:

Select the system:

Select the configuration categories:

Select the monitoring:

Here you must add the connections you want to monitor.

The alerting configuration is empty initially:

We will fill this later if we want alerts for a specific interface connection.

Save this system and repeat for the rest of the systems.

The system determines the actual data collection and actual alerting. The system can be re-used in multiple scenarios.

Scenario configuration

On the configuration screen now add the new scenario. Add a name and description for the scenario:

In the topology screen now add the systems in the drop down for Node Selection and use the + icon to add them to the screen:

Now select the source system (we will have 1 CUA central and 2 child systems) and select the Action box:

Select Add link to and then select the system.

Now add a filter to the link by clicking on the line:

In the dialog screen on the right now add the details:

Start by giving the group a name. Now add the filter. Give the filter a name (in this case RFC1). Select the central component and the category (in this case Connection monitoring SM59). Now add the RFC connection type (3) and connection name to be monitored.

Very important here: press Ok first to transfer the data. Only then press Save. Otherwise your data is lost. SAP UI is not ok for this area.

Repeat for the second scenario. The end result is that the dotted lines are replaced by straight lines:

Then Save.

The scenario is active now:

Reminder: you did have to add the same information in the system level as well in the Technical System as well: this will perform the data collection itself. If this is not done, then the scenario overview will show grey results for missing data collection.

The scenario is to make the interfaces graphical visible.

Adding alert

When you have monitored the scenario long enough to see it is stable, the next step is to setup alerting so you get notified in the central alert inbox.

First add the alert in the Technical System as shown above. This will be the actual alert definition.

To add an alert to the graphical overview, go to the scenario definition and select the source system. Press the button alerts for component:

On the right hand side now add the alert by clicking the + button:

Then select the wanted Alert Category. And select the filter options. Add the connections for which you want to alert:

Give the filter also a name.

On the Description field you can set the alert to active:

You can also set the frequency of checking, and if an notification is to be send as well (via mail or towards outbound connector).

Also important here: first press Ok, then Save. Otherwise the data is lost. SAP UI is not ok for this area.

Summary and final check

After you have finished the graphical topology, you need to go back to the Systems overview to validate if everything is activated ok for both monitoring and alerting:

Reminder: there is a split in graphical representation in the topology and scenarios and the actual system monitoring and alerting in the Technical System overview.

Specific topics

For specific interface monitoring topics read these dedicated blogs:

Author: Frank Umans

Working in SAP since 1998. Started as ABAP developer and later moved to SAP basis and authorizations. Since 2020 working with SAP Focused Run.

6 thoughts on “Interface monitoring setup…”

  1. Hello! Great blog and article, it has been of big help! one question, it’s there a way to mass configure RFCs or excel import? or a “grab all” option as done with idocs and other object types here im FRUN?, we have hundreds of RFCs to add per system and it is not feasible to have to define one by one…

    1. Hi Alvaro,
      One tweak you can use is while creating filters, you can select multiple RFCs by selecting the check boxes. That way all RFCs will be monitored under one link , in alerting you can use the option Raise Alert per Variant option to enable alerting for individual RFCs going down.

      BR
      Manas

      1. Thanks for the reply! It’s very helpful!, Following the suggested idea of using a single filter with multiple RFCs selected in it, I found that I can avoid having to select one by one by first pasting a list of RFC names from a notepad into the filter box and then when entering to the selection window they would be all pre-selected already. I would still prefer to have a way to bulk import/maintain this definitions, but at least this way we can go a bit faster…!

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