Using Views Diagnostics (version 24)

Knowledge Base / Version 24 / System Admin Duties / Views and Asset Models

updated 6 mths ago

The Views service can be monitored by launching the Canary Admin client, selecting the Views tile, and clicking 'Diagnostics' from the bottom menu. Additionally, several Views diagnostic tags are captured within the Historian.This diagnostic screen features two windows, 'ACTIVITY' and 'CLIENTS'.

Activity

NAME - name of the client connected to the Views
LICENSE - indicator of the allowable license count
IN USE - number of licenses actively in use.
MAXIMUM USED - maximum number of licenses concurrently used since the Views service was last started
TOTAL ISSUED - total count of each license type that has been issued, released, and reused since the Views service was last started
TOTAL DENIED - count of license requests denied due to a license seat not being available since the Views service was last started

Clients Window

Within this window is a table displaying information about the active clients currently connected to the Views service, including:

APPLICATION - type of client application currently connected to the Views service
USER - username of the user the client is running under or machine name the client is running on
TYPE - name of the license type being used
ACTIVE - True if the connection is actively making requests to the View service
FROM - datetime when the connection was established
THRU - datetime when the application will timeout if no more requests are made
REQUESTS - total count of requests made since the connection was established

Additional Diagnostic Tags

In addition to the information displayed on the Diagnostics page, more Views service related diagnostic tags are written automatically to the {Diagnostics} DataSet. These include: