Maintaining Monitors

When a monitor is edited, it is not possible to change the script or the user group. You can however change the subset of transactions, or modify the project attributes and profiles.

If another script or user group is needed, a new monitor must be created, as the new set of transactions will most likely be different.

For monitors using uploaded Silk Performer projects, projects can be downloaded and edited for maintenance purposes. When subsequently uploaded, it is possible to replace old Silk Performer projects with new projects using the replace package function. The new package must then be manually selected from the list of uploaded files. The new Silk Performer project must contain the same script and user group that was previously defined for the monitor.

A monitor refers to a particular script and the components of this script, for example the name, the profile, and others, and cannot execute another script. You can modify the code in the script and add new transactions to the script, but you cannot remove existing transactions from the project. Therefore, you can only replace a project if the following components of the original project are also contained in the new project:

All script names
All names of transactions contained in one of the old scripts
All user groups
All profile names

To modify a monitor:

Download the Silk Performer project (Administration > Files > File Pool) to your local system for editing in Silk Performer. Click the Download button of the package you want to download.
Modify the Silk Performer project using Silk Performer.
Upload the edited project back to Performance Manager (Administration > Files > File Pool). Click the Upload from Browser button.
Edit the monitor in Performance Manager (see Editing Monitors) and click Replace Package.
Select the newly uploaded Silk Performer project.
Complete monitor configuration in Performance Manager.