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US 7941457 B2 Abstract An interface for providing monitoring information from any monitored component to a central monitoring system in which an XML document is created according to a DTD conforming to a tree-structured monitoring architecture and then is made available to the central monitoring system either by posting it as an HTTP message or filing it in a designated directory, where it can be periodically polled by the central monitoring system. An initial long-form XML document can be used to completely specify the monitoring tree for the monitored component, and then subsequent short-form XML documents can be posted with current data corresponding to the monitoring tree elements themselves. An XML processor at the central monitoring system converts the XML document contents and applies them to a standard interface which has previously been available directly to fully conforming components.
Claims(20) 1. A computer-implemented method for monitoring a status of a plurality of data suppliers in a system, comprising:
receiving first data at a standard instrumentation interface, the first data being transmitted by an internal data supplier that is compliant with the standard instrumentation interface, and comprising one or more monitored parameters associated with the internal data supplier;
receiving second data at an extensible mark-up language (XML) processor, the second data being transmitted by an external data supplier that is incompliant with the standard instrumentation interface, and comprising an XML document that includes data corresponding to one or more monitored parameters associated with the external data supplier, the XML document having a document type definition (DTD) associated with a tree-structured monitoring architecture, the DTD having two distinct formats, a long form for specifying a monitoring tree for the data suppliers, and a short form for providing current values of selected already established monitoring tree elements;
processing the second data at the XML processor to translate the second data into calls to a function group to provide modified second data;
receiving the modified second data at the standard instrumentation interface, the modified second data being transmitted by the XML processor;
determining that at least one of the first data and the modified second data violates a defined alert threshold using a central monitoring architecture;
generating one or more alerts in response to the determining, the one or more alerts indicating a warning with respect to one of the internal data supplier and the external data supplier; and
displaying the one or more alerts in a respective, corresponding monitoring tree element (MTE) of the monitoring tree on a display, the monitoring tree reflecting a current configuration of systems that are being monitored.
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periodically retrieving XML documents stored by the external data supplier; and
passing the XML documents to the XML processor.
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determining that a locking file is present in a target directory; and
prohibiting an XML document to be read from the target directory when the locking file is present.
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generating the first data based on one or more monitoring objects associated with the internal data supplier; and
generating the second data based on one or more monitoring objects associated with the external data supplier.
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11. A system for monitoring a status of a plurality of data suppliers implemented on at least one or more computers, comprising:
a standard instrumentation interface that receives first data transmitted by an internal data supplier that is compliant with the standard instrumentation interface, the first data comprising one or more monitored parameters associated with the internal data supplier;
one or more computers that include an extensible mark-up language (XML) processor that receives second data, the second data being transmitted by an external data supplier that is incompliant with the standard instrumentation interface and comprising an XML document that includes data corresponding to one or more monitored parameters associated with the external data supplier, the XML document having a document type definition (DTD) associated with a tree-structured monitoring architecture, the DTD having two distinct formats, a long form for specifying a monitoring tree for the data suppliers, and a short form for providing current values of selected already established monitoring tree elements, the XML processor processing the second data to translate the second data into calls to a function group to provide modified second data and transmitting the modified second data for reception at the standard instrumentation interface;
a central monitoring architecture that determines that at least one of the first data and the modified second data violates a defined alert threshold and that generates one or more alerts in response to determining that at least one of the first data and the modified second data violates the defined alert threshold, the one or more alerts indicating a warning with respect to one of the internal data supplier and the external data supplier; and
a display for displaying the one or more alerts in a respective, corresponding monitoring tree element (MTE) of the monitoring tree, the monitoring tree reflecting a current configuration of systems that are being monitored.
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Description This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/260,729, filed Sep. 30, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,209,898. This invention relates to monitoring the performance and status of various components of distributed client-server systems, and more particularly to transporting monitoring information and monitored data within an enterprise into a central monitoring system from sources that are not necessarily running on uniform computing platforms In an enterprise computing environment, large, complex applications that are used in business-critical situations demand well-integrated monitoring and management for safe and successful operation. Monitoring helps avoid unplanned downtimes, which, for example, can produce costs in the six figures per hour. Tightly integrated monitoring systems for single computer family environments have been available for a number of years, for example in the SAP R/3 System. These monitoring systems are based on a suite of management and monitoring tools designed to monitor system resource usage and detect problems by generating statistics and reporting performance data from a variety of business applications running on common platforms. Many enterprises increasingly find themselves using multiple distinct computing systems to run different aspects of their businesses. SAP for example created ALE (Application Link Enabling) and other technologies to allow multiple R/3 Systems to interact. Application-level links were created, for example, to allow R/3 Systems running the Sales or HR applications to update financials data across system boundaries. In response to the vastly increased complexity of managing a landscape of systems that are in interaction with one another, centralized management systems were developed, such as SAP's Computing Center Management System (CCMS), that incorporate a uniform monitoring architecture that allows performance and error data to be collected from diverse applications in individual R/3 Systems and shared by means of R/3 Remote Function Calls (RFCs) between systems. Effectively, a customer could set up a central monitoring system, which saw the monitoring data from multiple R/3 Systems. However, because of its reliance on SAP's proprietary ABAP language and RFC, the view offered by the monitoring architecture was limited to traditional R/3 Systems and their application servers, together with the applications running in those systems. With ever-greater diversity in the software landscape within single enterprises, as open component-oriented computing and Internet applications have been embraced, the pure one company proprietary approach to that environment has been relegated to the past. Given that some of these diverse components may participate in mission critical functions, it is just as important, however, from the IT department point of view, to monitor their performance as that of systems still running exclusively on the traditional core platforms like R/3. Efforts to capture and transfer equivalent monitoring data from these diverse new sources so as to maintain the comprehensiveness of the existing centralized monitoring system have so far met with limited success. As at result, the scope of monitoring capable from within the centralized monitoring architecture has become over the years increasingly less adequate. According to one aspect of the invention in general a data collection interface method for supplying monitoring data from monitored components of a distributed computing system to a central monitoring system involves composing a structured text document, preferably XML compliant, containing monitored data derived from the monitored component according to a uniform data type definition associated with a tree-structured monitoring architecture, and then making the contents of the document available electronically to a central monitoring system for using the monitored data to assess and report the condition of the monitored component. The documents are preferably made available to the monitoring system in one of two ways: posting an HTTP message containing the XML document to the monitoring system from the monitored component or filing and updating the document from time to time in a directory accessible to the monitoring system. In the latter case, the monitoring system preferably periodically polls the document in the file. The XML document can be one of two kinds, long-form or short-form. The long-form format is used initially to completely specify a monitoring tree for the monitored component. The short-form XML document is sent or stored, depending on the transport mode, from time to time with current data corresponding to particular monitoring tree elements. In one aspect the interface enables a central monitoring system to cope with input from standard components that form part of a consistent system, such as SAP's R/3 software, and also cope with input data from other nonstandard distributed components by translating the parsed XML documents into the same language used by the standard components. The preferred XML interface provides this solution by making new use of two broadly established technologies:
The use of HTTP (as well as file transfer by means of a CCMS polling agent) allow in the CCMS XML Instrumentation Interface make it possible for a broad range of SAP non-R/3 components (and R/3 itself) and non-SAP components to communicate with the monitoring architecture without having to implement SAP RFC or incorporating any CCMS Monitoring Architecture Interfaces in programming. Like HTTP, the capability of generating XML documents is anchored in the infrastructure of a broad range of SAP and non-SAP Web components (there are Java class libraries for XML and most J2EE servers offer native XML services), so the effort to produce an XML document that uses the CCMS XML protocol is not very high. The XML Instrumentation Interface is made even more attractive by the specific XML protocol it uses, which has been optimized to allow instrumented components to use the full range of monitoring design and customizing options offered by the Monitoring Architecture, while at the same time reducing the complexity and volume of the XML documents that have to be produced. The details of one or more embodiments of the invention are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Other features, objects, and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the description and drawings, and from the claims. Like reference symbols in the various drawings indicate like elements. The following description relates to a specific XML interface designed for SAP's CCMS Monitoring Architecture. First, as background, the pre-existing monitoring architecture within CCMS is shown in Based on the information reported by data suppliers, the monitoring architecture displays graphically the status of a system or systems and draws the system administrator's attention to any problems that have occurred by means of alerts in the alert monitor. These alerts are �trouble tickets,� which the IT administrator must resolve. The monitoring architecture shown in Data suppliers report their data on one or more monitoring objects (as shown by the arrows in There are five types of monitoring attributes: 1. Performance attribute Collects and averages reported performance values. 2. Status attribute Reports error message text and alert status. 3. Heartbeat attribute Checks that components of the SAP System are running. It generates an alert when no values have been reported on a monitoring attribute for a long time. 4. Log attribute Represents multiple messages. Effectively, a log attribute provides a means of displaying and evaluating log files and trace files within the monitoring architecture. Log attributes can capture an existing log mechanism, such as the SAP system log, or an application can use it to implement its own log. 5. Text attribute Enables a data supplier to report information that has no alert valuation. The text can be updated as required. The monitoring architecture represents the individual monitoring objects of the SAP System in a hierarchical tree. Each object in the monitoring tree can be assigned a separate severity and criticality, which affect the alert that is displayed when a critical situation occurs. The tree reflects the current implementation of the SAP Systems that are being monitored, that is, the monitor adapts itself automatically to the current configuration of the systems that it is monitoring. System administrators need to work with two different views in the monitoring architecture. These are: 1. Open alerts view (see 2. Current system status view (see For each alert that occurs, the system administrator can call up special analysis methods for the corresponding monitoring attributes in both of these views. Each view also has three levels of detail: 1. Overview Displays only those MTEs that are essential for monitoring the status of the system. Used for routine monitoring of the system during normal operation.
Alerts report and log warnings and problems in an SAP System and its environment. Alerts also direct system administrators' attention to critical situations and relieve them of constantly having to review the whole set of information. Alerts must always be processed by a system administrator, otherwise they remain in the alert browser. The alert status of each node of a monitoring tree is clearly displayed and color coded according to criticality. A red alert indicates a problem or an error, a yellow alert indicates a warning. Green status, or the absence of alerts, indicates that there are currently no problems with the component being monitored. The importance of a red or yellow alert is ranked according to its severity. Since the monitoring architecture propagates alerts up the monitoring tree, it is necessary to have an attribute for prioritizing alerts that have the same criticality (yellow or red). The severity serves as this attribute. A red alert with a higher severity than another red alert has higher priority. The red alert with the higher severity is therefore propagated up the monitoring tree as the most important alert. Current System Status View As shown in The highlighting color of the line of the display associated with the monitoring object (red, yellow or green) indicates its status, as described above, and is independent of any open alerts that may exist for that MTE. For example, an MTE may be green because everything is currently alright, even though that MTE may have open alerts. Note that the display can be set to refresh automatically so the most current system status is always displayed. Open Alerts View As shown in For every node that you select in the tree, the system can:
Monitoring properties are associated with each MTE and are inheritable by propagation through the tree. Changing Monitors The monitoring architecture can be easily changed to specify when alerts are triggered, or define and modify methods, their assignment, and their configuration. Changes can be made to the properties, or settings, of a monitor from every monitoring tree element. Properties are either specific to a monitoring attribute, or they apply to a monitoring attribute group. This avoids having to maintain the same properties for many individual monitoring attributes and then saving them in the database. By editing and saving the relevant attribute group, the properties that apply to this group are assigned to the corresponding monitoring attributes. Monitoring Properties Variants The properties in an alert monitor represent a particular policy for managing a system or set of systems. With monitoring properties variants, the monitoring architecture allows for several of these policies to be maintained and distributed from a central maintenance system for decentralized monitoring. A monitoring properties variant saves any or all of the available customizing settings. For example, to maintain different alert thresholds for response time in test systems and production systems, you could define separate monitoring properties variants for these settings. An alert monitor in a production system could run with the properties variant for production response times, whereas an alert monitor in a test system could run with the test system variant. Monitoring properties variants can also be assigned to operation modes, with the advantage that properties variant no longer have to be activated manually, but will start when the corresponding operation mode starts. Default Monitoring Properties Variant The SAP-DEFAULT monitoring properties variant contains the default values for properties of MTEs in the monitoring architecture. This variant can be used as a template for creating your own properties variants for specific MTEs. The values in the SAP-DEFAULT variant cannot be changed or deleted, although you can copy them and then make changes to the copy. The advantage of the SAP-DEFAULT properties variant is that if you do not specify your own values for a specific MTE, then the SAP-DEFAULT values will apply. In this way, SAP-DEFAULT can be used as a fallback if you accidentally change the values provided by SAP in the SAP System, as well as a reference to the values that SAP recommends you should use. There is also a properties variant hierarchy in the monitoring architecture. At the bottom of this hierarchy are values in SAP-DEFAULT. At the top of the hierarchy are MTE values that have been changed by customers and stored in an active properties variant. When you create a new monitoring properties variant, you can specify a �parent� properties variant, whose values are used if no value is specified for that MTE class in a customer-defined properties variant. If, in turn, this parent properties variant contains no values for that MTE class, the system uses SAP-DEFAULT values. System administrators can also assign monitoring attributes to methods. Methods A method can be a report, function module, SAP transaction, or URL that should be executed in response to an alert. For example, if you double-click on the MTE for abnormally terminated jobs, the monitoring architecture automatically starts the job-management transaction, pre-selecting the job reported in the MTE. The monitor architecture provides the following method types: Analysis method For exact analysis of error situations without leaving the monitoring architecture Auto-reaction method For automatic response when an alert is triggered Data Collection method For gathering information on the SAP System and its environment and registering it with the monitoring architecture. Methods assigned to MTE classes can also be assigned to monitoring properties variants. This has the advantage that different methods can be executed in different monitoring properties variants, providing greater flexibility for monitoring SAP Systems. Existing Interface between Data Suppliers and the Monitoring Architecture. The existing interface for data suppliers in XML Interface to the Monitoring Architecture The new system permits completely independent components to interface in a functionally equivalent way with the monitoring architecture though the use of XML documents as an intermediate step. Extensible Mark-up Language (XML) is a set of rules for structuring data in a document that can be exchanged over the World Wide Web (the �Web�). XML is a subset of an early mark-up language SGML used for technical documentation. XML's particular aim is to simplify SGML and make it compatible with the Web like HTML. But unlike HTML the tags and attributes within XML can all be user-defined as desired, not just for browsers but for any target program. XML is an open standard developed and maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). A copy of the current specification for XML 1.0 can be found at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml, which is a stable HTML document offered by WC3 specifically to be used as reference material or cited as a normative reference from another document. The XML standard is a set of strict rules that specify well-formed XML documents, involving tags, namespaces and attributes, etc. These variable parameters give meaning in the context of the target program to data contained within what is actually a text document, one that, as we shall see below, can be visualized with any word processing system. An XML document's purpose, however, is to be parsed and processed by an XML processor that tests the document for validity and sorts out and conditions the data in the XML document and, for example, feeds it to an associated application. In order to interface non SAP or �foreign� components with the above-referenced centralized monitoring architecture, XML is exploited as an interface or data transport mechanism for the external data supplier, particularly those that would otherwise be unable to access the traditional standard interface for fully compliant SAP components. In order to be a valid XML document, according to XML 1.0, the document must contain a document type declaration to define constraints on the logical structure and to support the use of predefined storage units. An XML document is valid if it has an associated document type declaration and if the document complies with the constraints expressed in it. The XML document type declaration contains or points to markup declarations that provide a grammar for a class of documents. This grammar is known as a document type definition, or DTD. The document type declaration can point to an external subset (a special kind of external entity) containing markup declarations, or can contain the markup declarations directly in an internal subset, or can do both. The DTD for a document consists of both subsets taken together. A markup declaration is an element type declaration, an attribute-list declaration, an entity declaration, or a notation declaration. The system described below specifies the DTD and is fully compliant with the required syntax of XML 1.0 referred to above. Examples are given. XML Interface to the CCMS Monitoring Architecture All of the instrumentation options provided by the existing ABAP interface to the monitoring architecture in function group SALI are made available through the XML interface: The interface therefore allows complete flexibility in constructing monitoring trees�hierarchical structures representing monitoring data. The XML interface imposes no restrictions of its own on the type or complexity of information structure you can create with XML documents in the monitoring architecture Processing of XML Documents: Overview Monitoring data in XML format can be delivered to the CCMS in two ways: The data can be delivered as HTTP POST requests addressed to the service /default_host/sap/bc/ccms/monitoring/ at, for example, the central monitoring system in a customer environment. The HTTP POST method allows the reporting component to push data into the monitoring architecture as required. Alternatively, as shown in The alternative file method is a polling method. It requires a data collection method in the monitoring architecture that specifies where XML data files are to be found. The monitoring architecture then periodically checks for files that meet the naming specification in the method definition, the file selection method specified (newest file or all files), and which have not yet been processed (files must be newer than the timestamp of the last run of the XML file processing method). To allow for synchronization between file-writing and file-reading, the data collection method also looks for a file called CCMS_XML_MONIDATA_FILE_LOCK in the target directory. If found, then no files are read into the monitoring architecture. This means that a component that is writing a file can in effect lock the directory and prevent the CCMS from reading an incomplete XML file. When the lock file is removed, then all files saved since the last successful data supplier run are processed. No matter which way the XML document arrives in the system, it is processed in the class CL_CCMS_MONIDATA_XML_RECV. This class translates the data in the XML document into calls to the SALI function group, the ABAP instrumentation interface of the monitoring architecture. Because the SAP System does not support external DTDs, the CCMS monitoring DTD is automatically associated with the document and is used to verify the validity of the message. You can obtain the DTD either from the SAP Service Marketplace under alias monitoring or by sending a GET request with the query string Name=�CCMS_INSTRUMENTATION_DTD� to the CCMS service mentioned above. The version form the SAP Service Marketplace includes comments that are not available in the GET version. Errors are reported both in the monitoring architecture (Monitoring context CCMS_SelfMonitoring, subtree XML_SelfMonitoring) and are also, if the XML document was sent in as an HTTP POST, returned to the XML client as the HTTP response to the POST. XML Long-Form and Short-Form XML monitoring interface documents come in two categories, long-form and short-form, defined by respective DTDs. The short form takes full advantage of an existing monitoring tree with all of the MTEs already leafed out and attributed. This form is used primarily for transport of monitored data, e.g., performance and error data. The long-form permits the monitored component itself to set up its own tree. This is typically done in the beginning and once done, short-form XMLs can be employed to supply the data to the MTEs of the tree. In the long-form XML document, you can create and report information into a monitoring tree with any structure that you wish any type of monitoring tree element (MTE) supported by the monitoring architecture. With the long form of the CCMS XML protocol�no assumptions are made about the MTEs that are available in the monitoring architecture. Rather, the XML document must create the complete monitoring tree as required by the reporter. The data that is provided at the same time in the XML document is then reported into the attribute MTEs in the tree. That is, you must start in your XML document by doing a CREATE-ATTACH to the context, then add any monitoring summaries and objects you need, and finally CREATE-ATTACH to the monitoring attributes at the leaf-level of your monitoring tree(s). The short form of the CCMS XML protocol reports information directly into a single, specific MTE that is identified by its full SAP name. This format reports an item of data into a specific MTE that already exists. By default, XML MTEs are persistent across system starts in the SAP System that is doing the monitoring. Accordingly, as an XML data reporter, one would ideally create the complete monitoring tree that you need once using the long DTD format, and then subsequently report data into specific MTEs in this monitoring tree using the DTD short form. The CCMS XML DTD The DTD requires the following structural features: The element that identifies the start and end of the document body is SAP_CCMS: DataSupplierReport. You must identify your company and component in this element so that the CCMS can perform an internal �XMI� (External Monitoring Interface) logon and report the XML transaction. The highest-level operative element is always MTE: Instance. If the MTE: FullName element is provided within MTE: Instance, then this MTE: Instance is a short-form XML document that identifies an existing MTE by its full name. This MTE should always be a monitoring attribute, because the short-form document also allows for reporting data into the MTE.
The term &SY in the FullName is the CCMS variable that represents the system SID. Since the & character is a special character, it should be encoded as %26 or #38 in the XML document. It is de-encoded automatically by the SAP Web AS. If the MTE: Name element is provided within the MTE: Instance, then the initial MTE: Instance is the root of a monitoring tree, a monitoring context. The monitoring tree can contain as many MTEs as the reporter wishes, and any permissible monitoring-tree structure may be built up. Only the MTE: Name element is allowed for naming MTEs within the tree defined by the uppermost MTE:Instance. You cannot include a MTE:FullName in such a tree. Here is an example:
The attributes and elements specific to each type of MTE, such as a context, a summary, or a performance attribute, are contained in a PARAMETERS element. For example, the PRF: PerformanceParameters element provides the attributes and additional elements for creating or attaching to a performance attribute and then reporting a performance metric into it. You can allow most attributes (which generally represent meta-information on MTEs) of XML MTEs to default to standard values. Very few attributes are required. The constants used as values in attributes are identical to those used in ABAP in the SALI instrumentation interface. You can find constants and their definitions in the ABAP includes RSALEXTI and RSALINTI. Numerical values are converted automatically from character representations of digits. If you are reporting with XML files: Be sure that elements are not broken up by new lines. An element must be located on a single logical line in the file. Preparing for the HTTP-Method In order to pass XML documents to the monitoring architecture by way of HTTP POST requests, the configuration of the CCMS XML service must first be completed. A logon user must also be provided, such as the familiar CCMS service user csmreg, to allow logons without user interaction. The service definition itself is part of the SAP_BASIS component. To complete the configuration of the service, the CCMS XML communication system must simply be activated. By way of example the following steps are required for the SAP r/e ccms monitoring system to accept XML documents from a data supplier:
After activation, HTTP POST requests should be sendable to the CCMS_XML service without an interactive logon. Defining CCMS Methods for XML File Polling While the HTTP POST method allows active reporting of data into the monitoring architecture, the file-polling method uses the passive data collection capabilities of the monitoring architecture. In file polling, the monitoring architecture runs a data collection method at start-up and periodically as required. For each file specification (directory and file name specification), you must define a CCMS data collection method that specifies the files to collect and the agent to ask for them. The sample method CCMS_XML_FILE_POLL, delivered with the system, requires the following parameters: Error Analysis and Self-Monitoring The XML processing class reports on its activity in the CCMS_SelfMonitoring monitoring tree. You will find the XML MTEs under the root MTE XML_SelfMonitoring: The XML Log The XML log reports the start and stop of processing, whether originated through HTTP or file polling. All entries pertaining to a processing run carry a uniform time stamp, so that you can associate the entries that belong to a processing run even in a busy system. A successful run reports only the start and stop of processing, and if file-polling, also the name(s) of any files that were processed or a message that no files were newer than the file-polling timestamp (Last data supplier run MTE). To check the entries of the log, select the attribute XML Log in the alert monitoring tree and choose Display details: Any errors that occur are also reported in the log. The three categories of error are: 1. XML parse errors (errors during a preliminary parsing without using the CCMS DTD). In this type of error, there are formal errors, such as unbalanced tags, in the XML document. 2. XML parse errors with DTD (errors during a final parsing using the CCMS DTD, which is generated internally in the SAP System and then associated with every incoming CCMS XML document). In this case, there has been some violation of the CCMS DTD, such as missing or unexpected elements or elements out of order. 3. SALI errors (errors that occurred during SALI function module calls to create or manipulate MTEs). These errors return the error string produced by the SALI call. If you report XML documents by means of HTTP POST requests, then all error messages that appear in the log also are returned to your HTTP client as the HTTP response. In addition, the HTTP response contains the XML document as a string in the state in which it was passed to the CCMS XML-processing class. CCMS_XML_FILE_POLL and HTTP Statistics These two subtrees report on the XML processing activity: 1. The arrival of an HTTP POST request prompts the creation or updating of the HTTP tree. This reports the time stamp in the monitoring system at which the most recent HTTP run occurred. You can use this timestamp to identify the XML log entries associated with the processing of the POST. 2. For each file-polling method, there is a separate monitoring subtree. Illustrated is the subtree for the sample method CCMS_XML_FILE_POLL that is delivered with the system. The MTEs in each subtree report the agent that was used, the file selection criteria, and the time stamps of the last run of the data supplier and of the newest file that was found. The Last data supplier run time stamp corresponds to the timestamp on XML log entries produced by the run. It is also used to screen out old files that are found in the same directory. Only files that are newer than this timestamp are considered for processing. The XMI Logon and Auditing The CCMS's BAPI interface for reading monitoring data requires the so-called XMI logon. This is an internal CCMS logon without any effect on the user's session. It is used to record actions in the monitoring architecture of callers from outside the SAP System. The CCMS XML interface also uses the XMI mechanism to log the start and finish of the processing of an XML document and optionally also to log the SALI calls that result from the processing of an XML document. This last tracing or auditing option is of course of interest if you are trouble-shooting a document. The XMI logon and audit parameters are carried as attributes of the SAP_CCMS:DataSupplierReport element and are as follows: The next sections show sample XML documents that create, attach to or report into the most important types of MTEs: performance attributes, status message attributes, and log attributes. Create a Performance Attribute�Long-form XML Document The following sample XML document creates a complete monitoring tree terminating in a performance attribute. The XML document uses many more attributes than are actually necessary, assigning for example an SAP T100 message for documentation and methods for each MTE. Most attributes can be allowed to default. The result is shown in A short-form XML document allows you to report a new value for an existing attribute MTE (leaf-level MTE). The short form identifies the MTE by its fully-specified name in the monitoring architecture. It is not necessary to build the full monitoring tree to report into the attribute MTE and you need not repeat the default customizing that was specified when the MTE was first created. An efficient pattern is to create a complete monitoring tree once or only at relatively long intervals, such as at system starts. This start-up processing requires a �long-form� XML document. All later reporting of data into an MTE can use the short-form, saving network bandwidth and processing time in the client and in the server. The effect of the XML document is to report new data into an MTE, refreshing the MTE and potentially triggering an alert. The document looks like this: This document creates a log attribute parallel to the performance attribute created and refreshed with the documents described above. The result is shown in Here is the XML document: This document creates the monitoring tree leading to a status message attribute, an MTE that captures discrete messages from a reporting component. The result is shown in Here is a sample class for testing the transmission of a XML document to the CCMS by means of an HTTP POST request. You must customize the instantiation of the socket class to use the name and HTTP port (set in the instance profile) of your SAP application server. You also need to insert your own XML document in the output string of the POST request. Don't forget to observe the required Java conventions for escaping special characters. Be sure to set the content-length header correctly. A content-length that is longer than the number of characters in the XML DataSupplierReport will, for example, cause the client to hang until the connection times out, since this primitive client does not respond to the SAP request for the remaining data to fulfill the content-length specification.
A number of embodiments of the invention have been described. Nevertheless, it will be understood that various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. For example, in lieu of http or file polling, FTP could be used to transfer an XML file. Accordingly, other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims. Patent Citations
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Had a visit last night, third one since December.
It's hard to describe, the bedroom was dark, went to bed early 8:00pm. I am not sure what to call it as it could not be seen. I will say it felt masculine, very strong, I felt a pulling sensation all over my body and it was familiar. I asked him to speak to me, however, I went to sleep with my headphones on and could not hear a sound but could feel the headphones on my head but could not remove them. I could not move my limbs but could move my body (astral body?) about the room. I wondered around for a bit seeking conversation from him. He seemed scared, I was not. There was a bicycle in the room, I could vaguely see the handlebars, road bike. There is no bicycle in my bedroom! I was partially awake the whole time. Entire event lasted lest than a minute. I woke up immediately after the event 10:00pm pst and turned on the lights.
Not a terribly good description, it was weird. Tried to bring him back. No luck. Maybe next time.
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Looking every inch the princess, Lily James stunned in a pale-blue embroidered Elie Saab Haute Couture gown as she floated down the red carpet at the Cinderella Hollywood premiere on March 1, 2015. James, who plays Cinderella in the Disney feature, was joined by Richard Madden who plays her fair prince. (FOR MORE, GO TO NEWS + EVENTS PAGE)
The huge boom box that provided the backdrop for Jeremy Scott's Moschino autumn-winter 2015 show said it all. The 90s came to town in a big way, with neon-colored quilted bomber jackets storming down the runway. Then there were the Looney Tunes shirt dresses and graffiti-splattered gowns creating drama, which is what Moschino does best. (FOR MORE, GO TO FASHION + BEAUTY PAGE) WILL SMITH AND MARGOT ROBBIE JOIN FORCES AT 'FOCUS' HOLLYWOOD PREMIERE!
After wowing in Saint Laurent at Sunday's Academy Awards, Margot Robbie stunned in a strapless black and white, floral-detailed gown as she worked the red carpet at the Focus premiere, joined by leading man, Will Smith. (FOR MORE, GO TO NEWS + EVENTS PAGE) LONDON FASHION WEEK: BURBERRY DELIVERS 'PATCHWORK, PATTERN & PRINTS' WITH AUTUMN/ WINTER 2015 COLLECTION!
Burberry creative director Christopher Bailey sent out a bevy of beauties onto the London Fashion Week runway in 'Patchwork, Pattern & Prints' – the title of his autumn-winter 2015 collection. Grammy winner Sam Smith and Burberry girls Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Cara Delevingne and Jourdan Dunn were all on hand for one of the most anticipated shows of the week. (FOR MORE, GO TO FASHION + BEAUTY PAGE) JENNIFER LAWRENCE STUNS IN 'BE DIOR' SPRING/ SUMMER 2015 AD CAMPAIGN!
Paolo Roversi captures a sultry and fresh-faced Jennifer Lawrence in the new 'Be Dior' Spring/Summer 2015 ad campaign, as the stunning actress clutches Dior's latest bags in all their springtime glory. (FOR MORE, GO TO FASHION + BEAUTY PAGE) PARTY TIME: BEYONCE, JENNIFER ANISTON, LUPITA NYONG'O, SOFIA VERGARA AND EMMA STONE LET THEIR HAIR DOWN AFTER THE OSCARS!
The stars let loose after Sunday night's Academy Awards show. Beyonce, Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Aniston, Emma Stone, Lupita Nyong'o, Jennifer Lopez, Julianne Moore, Selena Gomez, Rita Ora, Diane Kruger, Naomi Watts, Amy Adams, Jessica Chastain, Sofia Vergara, Keira Knightley and more hit Vanity Fair's post-Oscar bash. (FOR MORE, GO TO NEWS + EVENTS PAGE) 2015 OSCARS: EDDIE REDMAYNE AND JULIANNE MOORE TRIUMPH WHILE 'BIRDMAN' WINS BIG!
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On a rain-soaked red carpet, the stars came out in Hollywood for the 87th Academy Awards. Hitting high fashion marks were Rosamund Pike, Lupita Nyong'o, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lopez, Reese Witherspooon, Jennifer Aniston and Julianne Moore. (FOR RED CARPET WRAP UP, GO TO FASHION + BEAUTY PAGE) SCARLETT JOHANSSON, BEYONCE, AMY ADAMS, GWYNETH PALTROW AND SOFIA VERGARA TAKE THE RED CARPET FOR TOM FORD A/W 2015 SHOW!
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Making music videos used to be a straightforward kind of affair. You'd take a camera, shoot the band playing their song, and cut the footage together in a way that would induce motion sickness. But nowadays, more and more directors are pushing not only the envelope, but the medium itself -- eschewing plain-ol' pictures as their primary mode of musical storytelling. Instead, enterprising auteurs are turning to some very old techniques -- like hand-cranked cameras and stop-motion animation stands -- and... READ ON
It seems that the Brady kids - Greg, Marcia, Peter, Jan, Bobby & Cindy (oldest to youngest) - can't seem to agree on the order in which they should share the bathroom before school each morning. To help solve the problem, housekeeper Alice placed six billiard balls (numbered 1 through 6) into a black cloth bag, and allowed each Brady youth to pick one out, thus establishing a "batting order." The one who chose #1 got to go first, #2 second, and so on. Based on the following clues, can you determine the... READ ON
Here are the results of the last three contests I've run: 1. Our random selection for the Johnny Cash DVD goes to Greg Cohoon, one of many who correctly ID-ed all the Cash songs in the post. 2. The last Caption Contest winner/t-shirt goes to Heather, who beat out a couple others in close voting with "Sadly, Bill failed to see the beauty of the George Orwell paint set." 3. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the last How Did You Know trivia hunt was won by the same team who nailed it the... READ ON
Our Favorite Political Movies. Watch one or two while you pass the time between voting and listening to the returns roll in tonight. Some are available online, like Dr. Strangelove and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. * Biomass & Thermal Power: 25 Cutting-Edge Designs. Science and technology are teaming up to make your jaw drop. * One man's account of ordering a squirrel monkey from the back of a comic book. Their lives together began with 28 stitches. (via Boing Boing) * Never Ignore A Nerd. Someday... READ ON
Not sure how many people listen to NPR's All Things Considered, but it's a wonderful show, made even more wonderful today by a Jesse Sheidlower interview. If you don't know him, Sheidlower is the author of the best-seller, The F Word and is an editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. Robert Siegel, one of the hosts of All Things Considered, interviewed Sheidlower about the use of the F word on television and decided that instead of saying "the F Word," they'd say the word... READ ON
This weekend, the Birmingham crew spent two beautiful afternoons at Alabama's Moss Rock Art Festival, spreading the mental_floss love. We met some hard core fans and answered the question "So what exactly is mental_floss?" more times than we can count. Between the holiday gift guide and our selection of t-shirts, none of our visitors walked away... READ ON
We know lots "" maybe way too much "" about John McCain and Barack Obama. And we know a little bit about their wives, too. Set aside the politics, though, and Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama are very interesting women in their own rights. So today and tomorrow we're going to focus on the two of them, minus their presidential-hopeful husbands. 1. Her brother, Craig Robinson, is head men's basketball coach at Oregon State University. He was actually a fourth-round draft pick... READ ON
As we approach the finish line of the presidential election, Joseph Cummins is here to share some of the underappreciated moments, dirty tricks and cheap shots that marked past campaigns. Mr. Cummins is the author of Anything for a Vote, available at Amazon. 1. John Quincy Adams: Pimp? Election of 1828: Andrew Jackson defeats John Quincy Adams When people really want to get dirty, they hit below the belt. During the 1828 campaign, Andrew Jackson supporters claimed with utter seriousness that the... READ ON
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Exterior Paint: Duration, Superpaint, Manor Hall, or Timeless?
The exterior of our house desperately needs repainting, so we've gotten bids from a few contractors. Each one gave us an estimate for a couple of different paints of his choosing. Now, we're trying to figure out which of the paints would be best.
We live in a mostly dry desert climate that does get rain and snow in the winter. Temps range from about 5 degrees (winter) to 115 degrees (July). Sun/fading is an issue. We'd like to keep the cost down, of course, but want to get a paint that actually lasts (unlike the stuff that's on our house now, which started peeling after just a year). We're leaning toward one of two contractors who recommend Sherwin-Williams Superpaint or Duration, or Pittsburgh Manor Hall or Timeless. I've read quite a bit on this forum about Superpaint and Duration (most seem to like those) but not much about Manor Hall or Timeless. Which of these paints do you recommend and why? Is the Duration or Timeless worth the extra cost over the Superpaint or Manor Hall? |
I was running the manor hall interior exterior gloss for a long time inside for trim. I just recently switched my trim paint back to ICI dulux because the manor hall would'nt blend into itself very well.
What i mean by that is, i do new construction and when spraying metel doors wainscott ect, multiple coats like a quick fog coat would never blend into itself. For Exterior i almost always go with the Dulux. I understand you will probably not be having your exterior sprayed, yet another concern will be that manor hall dries so dang quick ( which is what i think the problem i have been having with it is ) that a additive like floetrol for "latex" would be advised. On my personal note i sprayed trim in the last house with dulux and did not have any of the problems i had with manor hall. Also their exterior manor hall may be different, but i doubt it. |
Thanks for the info!
The two contractors would be spraying the outside of the house (they've proposed two coats of the Superpaint or Manor Hall, or one coat of Duration or Timeless), with backrolling only in certain areas. That's okay, isn't it? From what you wrote, it sounds like the Manor Hall wouldn't be the best choice for spraying, though ... |
What's your house made of?
Well, sided with actually.... |
It's a fiberboard siding, cottage lap. It already has one coat of paint on it that was put on when the house was built.
if you want to paint the house..i would add thermilate paint additive to your paint mix it well in... paint on the exterior it will help keep heat out..it reflects the heat away..or paint it inside to keep heat in...
hope it helps..i live in the uk and its cold most of the time and applied it to the interior which helped keep heat in.. :thumbsup: |
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rosessecretgardenMay 26, 2010
hey all!
tell me some flowery plants which may grow well in shade? i have some shady portion in my garden and i want to fill it with flowers.
any suggestions?
Maybe you need cut down some branches of the trees...
Here is a link that might be useful: bulk sacks,woven PP fabric
I'd also like to know some ideas as far as good plants for a shaded yard-- I have one bed for veggies and one for flowers, and am having difficulty through trial and error, finding plants that are suitable for my backyard in the spring/summer.
Florally, I tried a generic wildflower mix last year, but only the tall weedy looking flowers came up. I'd like something bold and colorful.
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Saturday night the Turf Club welcomed the second infestation of local Girl Germs. Like lots of good ideas, it's a simple theme – local musicians paying homage to women in rock. That might mean Kitten Forever taking a pop icon like Beyoncé and making it their own. It might mean Aby Wolf striking perfect pitch of Kate Bush. There's something for everyone, which makes the case that women can't be pigeon-holed – they can rock any genre, any era, any taste.
MUSIC | Sara Bareilles, in control at the Pantages
After the popular success of her 2007 single "Love Song," it was fitting for Sara Bareilles to take the stage at the Pantages to "You Make My Dreams" by Hall & Oates. Her second album, Kaleidoscope Heart, was released in September, and Bareilles is hoping to keep making her dreams come true.
On Tuesday night, Bareilles acknowledged the difficulty she faced writing a follow-up to a debut single that went triple platinum. Overall, Kaleidoscope is an apt name for the new album: Bareilles stepped away from the piano to play guitar, ukulele or only sing on a number of songs. The 13-song set did include music from her debut album Little Voice; especially notable was a rearrangement of "Bottle it Up" during which Bareilles eschewed the piano in favor of strutting the stage like a rocker.
The contrasting elements of vulnerability and confidence are a key element to Bareilles's success both on her albums and on stage. Her good looks and powerful voice don't hurt either. In between songs, she shared her thoughts on playing in Minneapolis to "vibrant and loving audiences," writing her second album ("from pain comes joy...and money"), and the inspiration for her songs. She described "King of Anything," the first single from Kaleidoscope Heart, as "an easy song to get behind because it's about people who should mind their own fucking business." Bareilles's bold comments drew approving cheers from the audience throughout the night.
Bareilles and her band were joined on stage by opener Holly Conlan for a couple of songs. One of those songs was a cover of Radiohead's "Nice Dream" with the band doing body percussion, Conlan and first opener Cary Brothers on back-up vocals, and Bareilles on vocals and ukulele. "Nice Dream" was the third slow song in a row during the middle of the set, and afterward Bareilles asked the audience if we were ready to pick up the pace again. The audience cheered in response, but instead of obliging those cheers, Bareilles led into another downtempo song by playfully telling us, "...you know who's in control? This bitch right here." "Let the Rain," the new song that followed this proclamation, was raw and edgy.
It was clear from the new arrangements and new instruments that Bareilles is casting a wider net. Both of her hit singles, "Love Song" and "King of Anything," have similar musical qualities. Both songs also feature her signature biting, yet whimsical lyrics. Despite showing us that she can make good music when she's not at the piano, that's where Bareilles seemed most at home.
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