Running Action Policy Report

Running Action Policy Report report reveals actions invoked or pending as part of an application policy implementation. An example might be applying restart action to a web service instance that polls as unavailable for more than three times the ping interval.

Source Name. Instance or component governed by the policy.
State. State detected when polled. For example, Up, Down, Maintenance, Unknown.
Action Policy. Action policy in effect.
Next Action. Action applied if state does not change.
Next Action Time. Anticipated time next action will fire.

Generate a report

Choose Device. Choose one or more host devices you want Running Action Policy Report measurements for.

Choose, filter, and reorder columns. Choose and hide columns, reorder columns, and customize your data view.

Chart, adjust output, and visualize. Fine tune report presentation and range of values displayed using the Report Settings dialog (optional).

Note: This report returns data only if access to the application service or instance needs no credentials or the appropriate SNMP/WMI/SSH or application-specific credentials are associated with the relevant APM monitors. For more information, see Using Credentials.

Export report data

Report data can be exported from WhatsUp Gold, reused, and distributed in multiple formats. Select Expand () from the Dashboard Options () menu. After the report has been expanded, select the Export Data icon to access the following options:

HTML. Generate and download a .htm file presenting your report data as it appears in the WhatsUp Gold user interface.
Excel. Generate and download a .xml spreadsheet containing your report data.
CSV. Generate and download a .csv file containing your report data.
Text. Generate and download a .txt file containing your report data.
Schedule Export. Set a recurring date and time, format, and email destination for report data export.
Important: Current report data file format options are only applicable to export schedules created using WhatsUp Gold version 2021 and later. Any report data export schedule created using an earlier version of WhatsUp Gold will still result in a .PDF output until that schedule is removed from, then recreated in the Scheduled Reports Library using the latest version of WhatsUp Gold.

Control	Purpose
Device	Browse and choose a single device.
Single Interface	Choose an interface on a device.
Device Group	Choose an existing group of one or more devices. You can also create custom or dynamic groups.

Control	Purpose
Columns.	Click a check box to display the column. Clear the check box to hide it.
Move Column.	Click on a column heading and drag it to reorder your table's columns.

Control	Purpose
Show Top n Items	Limit items to the samples with the highest utilization.