Creating an application

You can use templates to customize your own dashboards to monitor the resources of your IT environments. You can add several applications to your Application Dashboard in the IBM SmartCloud® Application Performance Management UI.

1. Click the plus sign(+) at the upper left of Applications window to open the Add Application window. If no data provider is selected, a message is displayed to remind you to set the data provider. Click OK and ensure that the data provider is configured. The Add Application window is displayed:
   Figure 1. Add Application window
2. If you have applications that are registered in the application repository, or applications that are defined in the Application Management Console in ITCAM for Transactions, and you want to directly add the applications, see Adding applications from the application repository, starting from step 2. Otherwise, specify an application name in the Application name field to start creating a new application.
3. Optional: Add a description of the application in the Description field.
4. Select a template from the list and click Save. The default template is Custom Application. If you select a template other than Custom Application, application resource types in the selected template are listed in the Application components list. If you select the Custom Application template, the Application components list remains empty. If you specify a template other than Custom Application, you cannot change the template type when you edit the application later.
5. If you have installed ITCAM for SOA SDMS agent in your environment, and you want to view the health status of business process groups, select a process group from the Choose a Process Group from ITCAM for SOA list. If you selected Custom Application as the template in the previous step, go to step 6 to select Service Management Systems, WebSphere® Process Server Cluster, and DB2® for your Business Process Management application, otherwise, go to step 7 to select these components for your Business Process Management application. The process group option is available only when you select Custom Application or Business Process Management Application in the previous step.
6. If you selected Custom Application as the template, do the following steps to add application components, otherwise, skip this step and go on to the next step:
   1. Click the plus sign (+) on the right side of the Application components list. The Component Editor window is displayed.
   2. Select a component from the list. Instances of the component are displayed.
   3. Search and select one or more instances. You can also edit the component name. The component name is used as the display name in the navigator.
   4. Click Add on the upper right corner of the window.
   5. Click Back on the upper left corner of the window.
   6. If you want to add instances for other application components, repeat steps b, c, d, and e, otherwise, click Close.
   The Application components list is updated with the new component names. Numbers in parentheses after the names indicate how many instances are associated with the component.
7. If you selected a template other than Custom Application, do the following steps to add application components:
   1. Select an application resource type from the Application components list.
   2. Click Edit. Instances of the component are displayed.
   3. Search and select one or more instances. You can also edit the component name. The component name is used as the display name in the navigator.
   4. Click Save.
   5. Add instances for other application components as required by repeating steps a, b, c, and d.
   The Application components list is updated with the new component names. Numbers in parentheses after the names indicate how many instances are associated with the component.
8. Select one or more roles from the Roles to access this application list and click Save. Only users with the assigned roles can view the application data in the dashboard.
9. Click Save in the Add Application window.