pre-con ed: hack that api—your data, your way with ca performance management

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PreConEd:HackthatAPI—YourData,YourWayWithCAPerformanceManagement

JasonNormandin,Sr.PrincipalProductOwner,CATechnologies

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Abstract

CAPerformanceManagementleveragesmodernwebtechnologiesandanopenAPItoenableyoutocustomizeyourdataconsumptionexperience.Thishackathonsessionwillprovidehands-onaccesstothesolution'sopenAPIandtoexpertswhowillhelpyoucreateusableappsforcustomizingyourowndatavisualizations.Youdon’tneedwebtechnologydevelopmentexperiencetoparticipate—you’lllearnsomesimpletipsandtrickstobringyourdatatolife.

JasonNormandinCATechnologies,Sr.PrincipalProductOwner


Agenda

INSTALLAPPS

SETUPGROUPRULES

CUSTOMIZATIONSANDOTHERAPPS

DEFINEGEO-COORDINATESANDCONNECTIONS

VALIDATESETTINGS

VIEWMAP

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InstallApps

§ Pre-requisites:– CAPerformanceManagement3.0(requirescustomattributesfeature)– OpenAPIWeather-mapinstalled

§ GitHub:

– OpenAPI devicegeo-locationattributesdefined§ GitHub:

– OpenAPI interfaceconnectioninformation§ GitHub:

– FollowinstallinstructionsinREADMEforeachapp


CreateConnectionAttribute

Step1.Createcustomattributetodefineourdevicetodeviceconnections

§ POSTtoDataAggregator

§ ItemType:Port

§ Type:String

§ Name:ConnectsTo


CreateGroupRules

Step2.CreategroupofWeather-mapdevicesandinterfaces

§ Devicealiascontains‘Core’

§ Interfacealiascontains‘->’


SetGeo-LocationData

Step3.Foreachdevicetobeplacedonmap

§ Setgeo-locationinformation

incontextpage

§ Setaliasto‘<SiteXYZ>Core

Router’


SetCircuitConnections

Step4.Foreachdevicetobeplacedonmap

§ Setconnectioninformationin

interfacecontextpage– ConnectsTo <device>

§ Setaliasto‘LocationA->

LocationB’


ValidateConfiguration

Step5.AllowOpenAPIETLJobtocompleteandverifygroupcontentsandgeoandconnectiontagssetproperly


VerifyGroupings

Step6.VerifyPerformanceCentergroupcontentsandaliasvaluesviainventoryviews


InstallandLaunchWeather-map

Step7.LaunchPerformanceCenterWeather-mapAppdashboardandselectgroupcreatedinstep1


Weather-mapFunctionality

Eachsitewithintargetgroupdisplayedonmapandintable(sortedbyCPUUtil descending)

Sitecolorbasedonthresholdrange

Keymetricsforallconnectedcircuitsshown(sortedbyUtil desc)



HoveroversitetoviewInfoandKPIvalues



Selectasiteonmaporintabletoviewconnections

Circuitsfilteredtoonlyshowthoseto/fromselectedsite

Circuitcolorbasedonthresholdrange



HoveroveracircuittoviewinfoandKPIvalues


CustomizingWeather-mapAppOptions

§ OptionsareconfiguredasparameterspassedtoappviaPerformanceCenterbrowserview– connect=full|half

§ Controlsthewaytheconnectionsaredrawntoenablelineover-lapinlargerconfigurations

full half



– scope=usa |europe |world(default)§ Allowmaptobefocusedonspecificcontinentformapsnotrequiringaglobalperspective

usa europe world



– theme=dark|light§ Controlsthethemeandcolors

dark light


OtherOpenAPIApps

§ VisitourGitHubRepositoryforothergreatappsthatcan easilybedeployedandcustomized

https://github.com/CA-PM


Summary

§ Refertoyourlabhand-outsforstepbystepinstructionsto– DeployAppsnecessaryforCAPerformanceManagementWeather-map

– Configurecustomattributeandgrouprulestosimplifydatavisualization

– LeveragetheOpenAPIAppstocreatethegeo-locationandconnectiondatawhichisconsumedbythemap

– Runandtroubleshoot

§ Whatcouldbechangedtomakethismoreapplicabletoyourenvironment?

§ Howwouldyoumakethosechanges?


Thankyou.

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