Prerequisite knowledge

To create an IBM® Operations Analytics - Log Analysis Insight Pack, you must have knowledge and experience in a number of areas. This topic describes the prerequisite skills and knowledge required to develop an Insight Pack.

Before you begin, ensure that you understand the use and workflows for IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis. In particular, ensure that you understand how to:

  • Configure IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis using the Administrative Settings User Interface.
  • Configure the IBM Tivoli® Monitoring Log File Agent, including understanding how to create regular expressions to control the log file records sent to IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis. Alternatively, configure the REST data collector client.

In addition to these topics, knowledge of one or more of these might be required:

  • IBM InfoSphere® BigInsights® Version 3.0 Fix Pack 2 tools for Eclipse
  • Annotation Query Language (AQL)
  • Java Script Object Notation (JSON)
  • Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)
  • Structured Query Language (SQL)
  • Java
  • Python
  • Regular expressions
Note: You can use Java or Python as alternatives to AQL.