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Cockpit

The cockpit can be used to visualize various values and conditions. They can be retrieved from AE and the system it monitors and controls. For example, you can use it to have the currently used disk space displayed, or the number of AE users, or an agent's shutdown. The cockpit and its display elements can be defined as you need them.

Object class: Executable object
Object type (short name): CPIT

Only the numerical contents of Variable objects can be displayed.

The cockpit retrieves its values from Variable objects. It can convert the numerical contents of these variables and display them according to the definitions that have been made. The contents of these variables can be retrieved from processing operations and processes such as:

Event monitoring (for example, information about a file system, availability or non-availability of files or agents, or the occurrence of console messages)
Analyses of data sequences (for example, a file is checked for a number of specific entries)
Access to SNMP values that are client-specifically generated by AE and stored in the variable "UC_SNMP_VALUES" (number of active users, active agents, blocked tasks and active notifications)
Values or conditions that are stored by active tasks (for example, job, workflow, CallAPI)
Values or conditions that are stored by AE-external processes via the CallAPI.

When you activate the cockpit, its monitor displays automatically if this has been specified in the UserInterface settings. The monitor view is periodically updated when the activities are refreshed or can be manually refreshed by clicking the F5 key.