Managing the view
The View tab is a graphic representation of all the threads in the currently selected view. If any set of these threads share a part of the same route, then the threads are shown linked together.
Thread icons
Each thread is represented by a thread icon.
A blue outline around the icon indicates the focus.
On a destination site, if there is any route to a public thread, an icon is shown on the upper-right of the public thread. This indicates the referenced public thread. The referenced indicator displays only after synchronization is completed from the source site.
Thread connection status
- Dead: The thread is not running. It has stopped or been shut down.
- Initializing: The thread has been started and the engine is preparing to run it.
- Opening: The thread is attempting to establish a connection.
- Up: The thread is connected and running.
- Timer: An event is scheduled for that thread.
- Down: The thread is running, but is not attempting to establish a connection.
- Closing: The thread is in the process of shutting down the connection.
- Error: The thread connection has failed because of a problem.
- INEOF: A file-based connection has reached the end of the input file.
Thread name
The thread name uniquely identifies the thread.
Protocol state
The protocol state color is shown in a rectangular bar under the protocol state message and is colored according to the protocol state.
This protocol state color is updated when any protocol state is changed.
By default, every protocol state color is distinct from the default depth color (red, green, and yellow). All protocols have the same state color settings.
The protocol state color is set on the Protocol Colors tab of the Network Monitor Properties dialog box.
Route lines
If two or more of the threads share a part of the same route, then the threads are shown linked by an arrow.
- The arrow shows the direction of message flow from thread to thread.
- The arrow color represents
queue depth.
The colors can also be customized to your site through the Choose Thread Color dialog box. This dialog box is accessed by clicking on the Depth Colors tab of the Network Monitor Properties dialog box.
- Route lines stay visible
whether the route line is clicked.
To find out more about a route, right-click the route line, and then click Transaction Summary dialog box, which includes:
to open the- The number of messages sent across the route during the current session.
- The number of messages waiting in queues.
- The name of the translation thread.
- The type of translation.
- The file that contains the translation specifications.
Click
to refresh the run-time route summary.Depth colors are also applied to reply routes, for example, the color of any reply route is updated based on the reply queue depth. Highlight the route path and reply route path by moving the cursor over the path line.
Updating views
Use Network Configurator to create new threads or to update existing properties.
When a thread is updated or added to an existing process, that thread is automatically added to the corresponding process view in Network Configurator.
When a thread is updated or added to an existing group, it is also automatically added to the group view in Network Configurator.
In Network Monitor, you must refresh the view to see the change (
).