(DI-1708) List of terms

RFC

Remote Function Call: provides interface shims for different operating systems and platforms, which provide the communication APIs for doing RFC from and to R/3 system. Standard transaction for RFC maintenance is SM59.

KPI

Key Performance Indicator describes any form of measurement data and performance metrics used to measure system performance. Instead of clearly identifying the information needs and then carefully designing the most appropriate indicators to assess performance.

KPI Collector

Key Performance Indicator Collector is a concrete implementation for measuring KPI from systems. All collectors use same class interface.

Transport

An SAP transport is a package, which is used to transfer data from one SAP installation to another. This data can range from a simple printer driver to a whole SAP client. It can be thought of as an "update", the only difference being that SAP users themselves make SAP transports.

Retention time

Determines the number of days from last monitoring update in which all collected data will be stored in central Monitor. Only the data from saved interval will be excluded.

Profile

Profile defines different monitoring setup for different monitored systems. Determines which KPIs will be collected for a specific monitored system and which events will be watched.

Threshold

Threshold is a limit value for a KPI. If a KPI exceeds its defined threshold of an associated event, then this event will occur.