Online Help

From WebWatchBotWiki

Contents 1 Help Contents 2 Introduction 3 WebWatchBot Manager 3.1 Control Panel 3.1.1 Explorer Pane and View 3.1.2 Scheduler Pane and View 3.1.3 Working With Scheduled Items 3.1.4 Dashboard Pane and View 3.1.5 Status Pane and View 3.2 Watch Items 3.2.1 Watch Types 3.2.2 Alarms and Actions 3.3 Modes 3.4 Menu Options 3.4.1 File 3.4.2 Edit 3.4.3 View 3.4.4 Tools 3.4.5 Reports 3.4.6 Help 4 Transactions 4.1 Working With Transactions 4.2 Adding and Modifying 5 Tutorials 5.1 Scheduling 6 Reference 6.1 Internal Architecture 6.2 Resources 6.3 Popup/Error Messages 6.4 Command Line Interface

Help Contents

Introduction

• Support - How to receive support for WebWatchBot
• System Requirements

WebWatchBot Manager

Control Panel

• Control Panel Summary

Explorer Pane and View

• Explorer Summary
• Explorer Pane
• Watch List
• Preview Pane
  • Real-Time Chart
  • Real-Time Chart Options
  • Output
  • Log
  • Performance Chart
  • Performance Chart Options
  • Performance Chart Options Examples
    • No Options
    • Date Range
    • Group Data: Daily By Hour
    • Group Data: Daily By Hour, Show Trend
    • Group Data: Month By Day
    • Group Data: Month By Day, Show Trend
    • Group Data: Month By Day of Week
    • Group Data: Month By Day of Week, Show Trend
    • Group Data: All Time Average
• Window Pane Layout

Scheduler Pane and View

• Scheduler Summary
• Scheduler View

Working With Scheduled Items

• New Scheduled Item Window
• Schedule Database Maintenance Window
• Schedule Report Window
  • Recurrence Patterns
  • Daily
  • Weekly
  • Monthly

Dashboard Pane and View

• Dashboard Summary
• Dashboard Pane
• Dashboard View

Status Pane and View

• Status Summary
• Status Pane
• Status View
• Status Bar

Watch Items

• Create or Edit a Watch Item

Watch Types

• HTTP Watch Type (Page Download)
  • HTTP Search
  • HTTP Data Collection
  • HTTP Form
  • HTTP Form Recorder
  • HTTP Advanced
• HTTPS Watch Type (Secure Page Download)
• Database Watch Type
  • Select System DSN
• SMTP Watch Type
• POP3 Watch Type
• FTP Watch Type
• DNS Watch Type
• File Monitor Watch Type
• Disk Usage Watch Type
• Performance Counters Watch Type
• Process Watch Type
• Services Watch Type
• Event Log Watch Type
• Custom Watch Type
• Ping Watch Type
• Port Watch Type
• Trace Route Watch Type
• SNMP Watch Type

Alarms and Actions

• Alarm
• Configure Escalation Rules
• Action: Send an Email
• Action: Show a visual alert window
• Action: Execute a command (.exe) or load a URL
• Action: Play a wave file sound
• Conditions
• SLA Status
• SLA: Send an email
• SLA: Show a visual alert window
• SLA: Execute a command (.exe) or load a URL
• SLA: Play a wave file sound
• Schedule
• Failure Descriptions

Modes

Various ways that WebWatchBot can be run

• Run as a Windows Application
• Run as a Windows Service
• Remote Connection

Menu Options

Usage and functionality broken down by the menu options

File

• New Watch Item
• New Watch Group
• New Transaction
• New Scheduled Item
• Watch Item Properties
• Watch Group Properties
• Import/Export
  • Import
  • Export
  • Export Selected

Edit

• Copy
• Delete Watch Item
• Delete Watch Group
• Delete Transaction
• Suspend
• Activate
• ResetAlarm
• Reset All Alarms
• Clear Stats
• Select All

View

• Log File
• Current Layout

Tools

• Run Now
• Run All Now
• Go to URL...
• Database
  • Database Maintenance
  • Recalculate Statistics
  • Remove Old Data
• Start Service
• Stop Service
• Customize Menus and Toolbars
• Customize Grid Headings
• Preferences
  • Common Properties
    • General
    • UI
    • Log
    • Watch Types
    • Email
  • Advanced Properties
    • General
    • Database
    • Proxy
    • Connection
    • Security
• Dashboard Settings
• Status Report Settings
  • General
  • Indicator
  • Save
  • Show
  • Show Fields
• Email Settings
  • General
  • Contacts
  • New/Edit User
  • New/Edit Group

Reports

• Report Manager
  • General
  • Delimited Report Type Settings
  • Details
  • Show Fields
• Run Default Report

Help

• ExclamationSoft Support
  • Send Email Log to Support
  • Send Database File to Support

Transactions

• Transactions Summary

Working With Transactions

• Transactions And Watch Items
• Transactions in My Watch
• Transactions in Watch Explorer
• Transactions in the Watch List
• Transactions And Charts

Adding and Modifying

• Summary - Transactions
• General - Transactions
• Steps - Transactions
• Alarm - Transactions
• SLA Status - Transactions
• Transaction Recorder

Tutorials

• Quick Start Tutorial
• Setup Email Alerts Tutorial
• Monitor Web Page with a Form Tutorial

Scheduling

• Schedule a Report Tutorial
• Schedule Database Maintenance

Reference

Internal Architecture

• Reference: Internal Architecture Introduction
• Reference: System Startup
• Reference: Watch Items
• Reference: Data
• Reference: Maintenance Mode

Resources

• Reference: Sending Email to Mobile Devices
• Reference: How to Effectively Monitor Your Website
• Reference: Securing WebWatchBot
• Reference: Date Fields

Popup/Error Messages

• Reference: Error Report
• Reference: Failed to send an email alert
• Reference: No Email Settings
• Reference: Maintenance Mode

Command Line Interface

• Reference: Command Line Introduction
• Reference: Command Line Limitations
• Reference: Command Line How To Use
• Reference: Command Line Scheduling a Report