Workflow Tutorial: Creating a Monitoring Project

Submitted by Craig Walker on Fri, 2008-04-11 14:19.

Get someone's attention quickly and send them a message. PING! In this Monitoring project you will learn how to use the Ping component and its caching features.

Prerequisites: None

Objective: To learn how to use the Ping component and its caching features.

Estimated time to complete: 30 minutes

Exercise 1

Prepare a project to deploy a Ping component.

Step 1: Create a new Monitoring project.

Step 2: Drag and drop the SendEmail component from the Components palette under the Communication category.

Type 'ping' in the search box. Drag and drop the Ping component.

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Step 3: Right click the SendEmail component and select Edit Component.

Set the From Address property as a Constant Value.

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Step 4: Set the To Addresses through the List Builder form as Constant Data.

Click to view.

Step 5: Set the Subject property and the Contents property by typing in the text boxes.

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Step 6: Set the SMTP Server Name in the Email Settings tab as a Constant Value.

Click to view.

Step 7: Copy and paste two copies of the SendEmail component. Link all the components as shown below:

Click to view.

Step 8: Right click the Ping component and select Edit Component. Select the Setup tab and set the Host For Ping property as a Constant Value.

Click to view.

Step 9: Save and Run the project. Double click Begin. The result is displayed as shown below:

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Step 10: Finished!

Exercise 2

How to deploy a Ping component as a Task Tray Application.

Step 1: Create a new Monitoring project. Select the project under the Project Info palette and select the Deployment tab. Set the Deployment Type as TaskTrayApplication. Click the Auto Start box.