Monitoring MicroStrategy
In order to monitor MicroStrategy Intelligence Server, we have two options:
MicroStrategy monitors
Operations Manager
Let's start with MicroStrategy monitors. We should open MicroStrategy Developer, where we can find Project monitors:
These monitors are very useful and can give a quick overview of what is going on with our MicroStrategy server. For example, one of the most useful is User Connections, which helps to understand who is logged on now. In addition, if we have enough rights, we can kill the session of a particular user. Another one is Jobs - this shows us reports that are executing or in a queue waiting to execute. On our small training server, there isn't lots of information, but if you have a production MicroStrategy, you can get lots of insights from these monitors.
One of the main new features of MicroStrategy 10 is MicroStrategy Operations Manager, which is a web-based tool for administrative tasks. It allows us to monitor all environments in one place...