Documentation forServer & Application Monitor
Monitoring your applications and environment is a key capability of SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted (formerly Hybrid Cloud Observability) and is available in the Essentials edition. Server & Application Monitor (SAM) is also available in a standalone module.

Customize Application Details views in SAM

Applications inherit the custom view setting from SAM templates in the same way as other template settings. You can customize the templates through overrides or by creating a copy of the template and editing that content.

  1. Click Settings > All Settings > SAM Settings > Manage Application Monitors.
  2. Find an assigned Application Monitor without a Custom View.
  3. Return to Applications > SAM Summary then click the Application Monitor to view its Application Details view.
  4. Click Customize Page, then proceed with your customizations.

Create a custom Application Details view

You can select and create a custom Application Details view for different applications. This custom view is applied at the template level. Applications inherit the custom view setting from their templates in the same way as other template settings.

  1. Click Settings > All Settings > SAM Settings > Manage Application Monitors.
  2. Select an Application Monitor and then click Edit Properties.
  3. Click Modify Template Settings in the field Custom Application Details View.
  4. Select "Yes, use < TemplateName > Details View in the field Custom Application Details View".
  5. Click Submit, then click the name of the assigned Application Monitor to view its Application Details view.
  6. Click Customize Page and proceed with your customizations.

After creating a customized application details view for a template, you can change the Custom Application Details View setting in the template properties to switch between the default view and the custom view.

Select a view for a template

  1. Click Settings > All Settings > SAM Settings > Manage Templates.
  2. Select a template and then click Edit.
  3. If you want applications based on this template to use the default view, set Custom Application Details View to "No, use Default Application Details View".
  4. If you want applications based on this template to use the custom view, set Custom Application Details View to "Yes, use <TemplateName> Details View" where <TemplateName> is the name of the selected template.
  5. Click Submit.

Select a view for an application

  1. Click Settings > All Settings > SAM Settings > Manage Application Monitors.
  2. Select an Application Monitor and then click Edit Properties.
  3. Click Modify Template Settings in the field Custom Application Details View.
  4. If you want this application to use the default view, set Custom Application Details View to "No, use Default Application Details View."
  5. If you want this application to use the custom view, set Custom Application Details View to "Yes, use <TemplateName> Details View" where <TemplateName> is the name of the selected template.
  6. Click Submit.