Proactive monitoring includes a set of pre-defined objects that connect to PowerCenter services in order to drive rule processing and alerting. In the RulePoint programming model, the objects that connect to external systems are broadly classified as sources, analytics, responders, and responses. These objects are configurable and can link to other systems, such as email, Real-Time Alert Manager, or a database.
These predefined objects have the following function:
Sources gather information from a system.
Analytics analyze data within a system.
Responders execute a response through a system.
Responses are where you define how you want RulePoint to respond if your event matches the rule condition.