After you deploy the sources and supporting objects, the features on the dashboard allow you to purge the run-time data, start or stop the source, or run the source once.
On the
Dashboard
tab, click the
Metrics
view.
Select the source controller where you have deployed the source and supporting objects.
The
Sources
and
Topics
tabs deployed in that source controller appears on the right pane. You can view the functions on the lower-right pane.
The following figure shows the deployed sources when you select the source controller in the
Sources
view of the contents panel:
To purge the run-time data for the source, perform the following tasks:
From the
Actions
menu on the lower-right pane, select
Purge Object Metrics
.
Verify if all the run-time data such as aggregate count and the number of events resets to 0.
To run the source once, perform the following tasks:
From the
Actions
menu on the lower-right pane, select
Run Once
.
A success message appears.
Click
OK
.
From the
Actions
menu on the upper-right pane, select
Refresh
, and verify that the number of events are updated.
To stop the source, perform the following tasks:
From the
Actions
menu on the lower-right pane, select
Stop Source
.
A success message appears.
Click
OK
.
From the
Actions
menu on the upper-left pane, select
Refresh
.
On the contents pane, verify if the state of the source changes to
Stopped
and it does not fetch any event data.
To start the source that was stopped, perform the following tasks:
From the
Actions
menu on the lower-right pane, select
Start Source
.
A success message appears.
Click
OK
.
From the
Actions
menu on the upper-left pane, select
Refresh
.
You can also click the
Refresh
icon on the upper-left pane.
On the contents pane, verify that the state of the source changes to Started and it starts to fetch event data.