Monitor settings

Accessing monitor settings

To maintain your monitor settings:

1. Go to Monitoring > Monitor setup.
2. Find the name of the monitor you wish to access the settings for, and click on its corresponding link under the Monitor Name column. Optionally, enter (a part of) the monitor’s name, type, group or URL in the filter search box to filter the results. The monitor configuration screen will open, with tabs containing all of your monitor settings. See below for more info on the different settings tabs.
3. Make the necessary changes on the tabs.
4. Click the Save button to save all changes to the monitor.

Monitor settings categories

Different monitor types are for different monitoring purposes and not all settings apply to all monitors. Check out the settings that are relevant to your monitor:

• Main settings
  • Check interval
  • Dynamic values in URL and post content
  • Monitor mode
  • Monitor notes
  • Monitor templates
• Steps (transaction monitors)
• Steps (Multi-step monitors)
• Error conditions
• Advanced settings
  • Browser types
  • Block Google Analytics
  • Bandwidth throttling
  • DNS bypass
• Checkpoints
• Maintenance periods
• Member of
• Permissions

Monitor setup dashboard

With all the monitors set up in your Uptrends web application, the Monitor setup dashboard provides you with a summarized table to conveniently see all your monitors and monitor settings in one place. This dashboard allows you to view, filter, and export monitor setup made in your account.

View monitor setup

You can easily visualize and check your monitor settings, including;

• Monitor name - specifies the name of your monitor setup and the number of monitor credits used. A laboratory flask icon indicates that your monitor is in Staging mode while the wrench icon indicates that your monitor is in Development mode.
• Monitor dashboard - contains a Go to dashboard link which redirects you to the specific monitor dashboard.
• Monitor type - specifies the type of monitor currently set up (for example, Transaction, and Multi-step API monitors).
• Check interval (minutes) - specifies how often your monitor is being checked.
• URL / Network address - specifies the browser address or the IP address of the website you are currently monitoring.
• Active - specifies whether your monitor is enabled or disabled. You can see Yes if the monitor is enabled and active, else, No. Enabled and disabled monitors also state the current mode of your monitor, whether Staging or Development, enclosed in parentheses.
• Created - shows the date and time you created the monitor.
• Last modified - shows the date and time you last updated or saved changes to your monitor.
• Member of groups - specifies which monitor group/s your monitor belongs to.

Filter monitor setup

To easily narrow down your monitors, go to the filter text field and adjust results based on the monitor name, type, group, and URL. You can also filter by monitor modes just by ticking the Development, Staging and Production checkboxes.

Export monitor setup

As the Monitor setup dashboard is helpful in visualizing and grouping your overall monitor setup details, you can also export this information for better insights and future reference. Check this knowledge base article to find the step-by-step process on how to export your dashboards.

After successfully exporting your data in any format, you can now view the details of your monitor settings similarly as described in the previous section, Monitor setup dashboard. You will also find additional columns, including;

• Alert on time limits - shows your monitor’s loading and running time settings, indicating whether the error condition was set to only color-code result or generate an error status.
• Time limits - shows your monitor’s corresponding time thresholds in milliseconds (configured and related to the alert on time limit settings).
• Notes - shows the Notes field description.