Picture Perfect 4.6 User Manual - UTCFS Global Security Products

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Picture Perfect 4.6
User Manual
Overview
Picture Perfect allows you to monitor various aspects of your system using alarm and activity
monitors, as well as system monitors that monitor file systems, database usage, and Transaction
Processing System (TPS) alarms.
Real-time activity displays in a scrolling window. The queue of messages on the monitor scrolls
upwards as new messages appear at the bottom. You can control the amount of information the
monitor displays by clicking Preferences from the toolbar and selecting the desired columns. You can
configure your system to control the inputs and outputs associated with these alarms and messages
and the way in which an operator responds to them.
To see all the columns on a monitor, stretch the window frame (use the point-and-drag method).
Monitor toolbars
The following icons appear on the toolbar of the various monitors.
Table 104.Monitor toolbar icons
Icon
Freeze/Unfreeze
Description
To temporarily stop the Monitor from scrolling, click Freeze. The system continues to queue
messages and resumes scrolling the stored information when you click Unfreeze.
Search
Save
Print
The Search function is available when the number of incoming alarms cannot be displayed in a
single screen. If it is possible to display all alarms on a single screen, this function is disabled.
Click to open a search text criteria dialog box where you can enter a string of text. Choose a column
from which to search, such as Valid, Invalid, Suspended. The row containing the results of the
search is highlighted in green.
Use the Save function to temporarily save the data in the Monitor to a file on the operator’s
workstation, which can be used later for troubleshooting. The next time the Save function is used,
the current file is overwritten by the new file.
Click to preview the data displayed in the monitor in a report format. You have the option of printing
to a default printer or saving the report in electronic format (.pdf file).
Preferences
Click to display the Preferences window where you can manipulate the columns that you want
displayed.
Example: If you do not want to view alarms in Host time, you can remove those columns, by moving
them from the Active to the Inactive column.
You can also access the Active Facility Set window where you can change the facility set and the
time zone selection for the current session. See Verifying time zones on page 161.
Note:
Active Facility Set settings/selections from the preferences dialog apply only to that page.
The Preferences button in the Monitor applications is only available if the “Monitor Preferences”
action permission is enabled for this operator’s system permission profile.
Clear
Click to clear the contents of the monitor.