12.2.2 Considerations for visual monitoring

Using the Visual Monitoring window, you arrange the objects and groups that you want to watch closely in a map view. This allows you to easily monitor even a large system from key perspectives.

By customizing the background image and Visual Icon in the Visual Monitoring window with images of your choice, you can create a window that is tailored to your particular needs. The following figure shows an example of a customized Visual Monitoring window.

Figure 12‒21: Example of Visual Monitoring window customized with background image and Visual Icon

For details, see the following reference:

About visual monitoring:

Visual monitoring functionality

See 5.5 Visual monitoring.

Organization of this subsection

(1) Icons and background images used for visual monitoring
(2) Suppressing the display of monitoring node name and margins of monitoring node icon
(3) Setting the status colors for monitoring node name and monitoring node

(1) Icons and background images used for visual monitoring

Consider what icons and background images are to be used for visual monitoring according to the viewpoint from which you monitor daily tasks.

For example, consider the background images to be used from the following viewpoints:

Geography of the system monitored with the Visual Monitoring window

Example: In units of region, business base, or floor of the same building
Tasks in the system monitored with the Visual Monitoring window

Example: Customer management, commodity management, sales management, inventory management, order management, and others

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(2) Suppressing the display of monitoring node name and margins of monitoring node icon

Consider whether to suppress the display of monitoring node name and margins of monitoring node icon to adjust to the colors of the Visual Icon and background images to be used.

For example, when you use the Visual Icon and background image described below, you can have a high degree of freedom when creating monitoring windows by suppressing the display of monitoring node name and margins of monitoring node icon.

Visual Icon that assimilates into the background image

Background image in which a monitoring node name embedded

Figure 12‒22: Example of window that uses a background image in which monitoring node names are embedded

About suppressing the display of monitoring node name and margins of monitoring node icon

For the display of monitoring node name and margins of monitoring node icon:

See 5.6.1 Suppressing display of monitoring node name and the margins of monitoring node icon.

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(3) Setting the status colors for monitoring node name and monitoring node

Consider the status colors for monitoring node name and monitoring node in contrast with the colors of the Visual Icon and background image to be used. In particular, avoid setting a status color that is the same as the color of the background image.

For example, change the settings of status colors in the following cases:

Changing the Normal status color (white) to a different color
Setting a transmission factor for status colors to always show background images

Changing the Warning status color (yellow) to use yellow-themed background images

Figure 12‒23: Example of window in which the Normal status color is changed from white to blue

About setting the status colors for monitoring node name and monitoring node

For the settings of status colors for monitoring node name and monitoring node

See 5.6.2 Setting status colors for monitoring node name and monitoring node.

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