As a premiere enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, JD Edwards seamlessly manages your business operations for you and your team, putting all your company’s moving parts – from HR to financing to shipping and more – in one location. That ease-of-use is unparalleled and helps your business run more efficiently than ever. But how are you managing JD Edwards? With so many features to keep track of, an integrated monitoring tool like ERP Suites Clarity is just the ticket.
In this article, you’ll learn how monitoring tools work, how Clarity works and thus sets itself apart from other available monitoring tools, and why Clarity is the best cost-effective solution around.
Why JD Edwards Monitoring Tools Matter
Your ERP is the heartbeat of your business. You want to keep it in tip-top shape, and in order to do so, you need to keep a close eye on it. That’s where monitoring tools, like Clarity, come in, and why they are so vital to your business success. So, what do monitoring tools do for you?
Optimizing performance
A monitoring tool provides real-time insights into CPU usage, memory utilization, database queries, and more. By identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks promptly, you can keep your JDE applications running smoothly.
Enhancing user experience
Monitoring tools measure transaction response times and user session activity. Ensuring JD Edwards applications are responsive and accessible to end-users is crucial for employee productivity and customer satisfaction. A poor user experience can lead to frustration and reduced efficiency.
Ensuring Security
Your sensitive business data is intertwined with your JD Edwards ERP, making it a prime target for cyberattacks. Monitoring tools help detect and respond to security threats and unauthorized access attempts. They monitor user access, changes to security settings, and suspicious activities, helping you maintain data integrity and compliance with industry regulations.
How Does Clarity Work?
ERP Suites Clarity presents an integrated solution to help you proactively monitor your JD Edwards system. It delivers all the benefits of a large, off-the-shelf monitoring tool while also delivering substantial cost savings. Clarity is an agentless solution, utilizing a central “collector” within your environment. The collector is installed as two Windows services, and typically placed on the JD Edwards deployment server.
Modules
Account administrators are essential to Clarity configuration. They provide the pathways to the servers you want to monitor, which in turn feed each of Clarity’s modules, which include:
Analytics
Includes page load time by user, application, or browser
Application Management
Includes system health check, monitoring user activity, html servers, enterprise servers, system activity, call object kernels, batch application.
Batch Jobs
Includes detailed UBE analysis so informed decisions can be made when an issue arises
Database Management
Includes the most expensive queries
Log Parser
Module includes personal subscriptions, so you’re getting an accurate account of what’s important to your specific company
Monitoring
includes a list of login errors, which is beneficial for security purposes
Reports
includes the slowest applications, letting you know where you need to deploy dedicated troubleshooting efforts
Security Management
Covers suspicious login activity, so you can get a handle on any breach attempts and assess next steps.
Synthetic Monitoring
Keep your ERP system running at peak performance with an on-demand view of the critical components in your enterprise system. This access empowers you to take a proactive approach to system management. Reduce the risk of costly downtime and maintain process flow when you:
- Activate synthetic monitoring
- Analyze page load time by user, browser or application
- Find expensive database queries
- Share data regarding your slowest applications
- Review historical data to pinpoint events
If you want to optimize your company’s performance, you’re going to want to have a JD Edwards monitoring tool. A monitoring tool keeps track of your entire JD Edwards ERP – by keeping a close eye on your myriad applications and features. ERP Suites Clarity is no different. It can prevent downtime, enhance user experience, ensure security and allow for effective troubleshooting.
Leyla Shokoohe
Leyla Shokoohe is an award-winning journalist with over a decade of experience, specializing in workplace and journalistic storytelling and marketing. As content manager at ERP Suites, she writes articles that help customers understand every step of their individual ERP journey.
