Name
Description
Units
Default Alert Conditions
Type
Exists*
Determines whether the file exists or not. Value set by fileColl
{0 = File exists ; 1 = File does not exist}
None
Availability
GrowthPercentage
File growth percentage. Value set by fileColl
Percentage per minute (%/min)
Statistics
GrowthSpeed
File growth speed. Value set by fileColl
Kilobytes per minute (KB/min)
LastChanged
Elapsed time since the file was modified. Value set by fileColl
minutes
Warning ≥ 7 200
Alarm ≥ 14 400
Size*
File size. Value set by fileColl
Kilobytes (KB)
Alarm = 0
* Parameters marked with an asterisk are used by default when visualizing the corresponding monitor instance in BPPM
ID
PATROL internal identifier of the File monitoring
Parent ID
PATROL internal identifier of File’s parent
Application ID
PATROL internal identifier of the File’s root application.
File Name & Path
File name and path (with wildcards)
Monitored Parameters
List of parameters that are currently being used for the File monitoring
Monitored File
File name path of the file currently being monitored
File Type
Type of file.
Menu Command
New > String Search
Creates a new String search for this File
New > Numeric Value Extraction
Creates a new Numeric Value extraction for this File
New > Text Pre-Processing
Creates a new Text pre-processing for this File
New > File Security Check
Creates a new File security monitoring for the current File
New > Dynamic Object Builder
Creates a new Dynamic Object Builder for the current file
Edit
Edits the File monitoring settings
Set Thresholds
Allows you to set or edit the thresholds
Set Polling Interval
Sets the polling interval for this File monitoring
Set Alert actions
Adds specific Alert Actions to the File monitoring
Display Object Configuration
Displays the Monitoring Studio configuration report of this File monitoring object and all dependent objects
Cut
Cuts this object
Copy
Copies this object
Paste
Pastes a previously copied or cut File monitoring object
Delete
Deletes the File monitoring and all its dependent objects
Rename
Allows you to rename this File monitoring
View file content
Displays the File content
Restart scan from start of file
If a String, Numeric value search is performed for this File, restart the File scan from the Beginning of the File (only relevant to "LOG" Files)
Acknowledge Alerts
Acknowledges all alerts and reset parameters to zero.
Pause monitoring
Pauses the File monitoring
Resume monitoring
Resumes the File monitoring as well as all its dependent objects
Refresh parameters
Refreshes all instance parameters of the SW_FILES class
