Solarwinds Orion Data Stream Parameters

The Solarwinds Orion plugin provides configurable data streams to query Solarwinds data and metrics.

Each configurable data stream exposes a set of parameters that lets you filter the data you retrieve. The following information describes the available configurable data streams and their parameters in detail.

Host Metrics

Parameter
Description
Metric table
Specify a table to pull metrics from (some nodes may not have data here), for example: CPU/Memory History.
Timestamp property
Select a field to use as a timestamp. For example, Date Time.
Value property
Select a property to return as the value for this data stream. For example: Minimum CPU. Load.

Interface Metrics

Parameter
Description
Metric table
Specify a table to pull metrics from (some nodes may not have data here), for example: CPU/Memory History.
Timestamp property
Select a field to use as a timestamp. For example, Date Time.
Value property
Select a property to return as the value for this data stream. For example: Minimum CPU. Load.

Metric

Parameter
Description
Metric
Specify a metric to return data for.

Node Metrics

Parameter
Description
Category
Select a category to filter by, for example: Server.
Vendor
Select a vendor to filter by, for example: Windows.
Machine type
Select a machine type to filter by, for example: Windows 2019.
Node name filter
Select a name to filter by. Using a % will match anything, for example:
  • %Server%: Match anything with a name that contains Server.
  • %Server: Match anything with a name that ends with Server.
  • Server%: Match anything with a name that starts with Server.
Metric table
Select a metric table from the dropdown. For example, CPU/Memory History.
Timestamp property
Select a timestamp property from the dropdown. For example, Date Time.
Value property
Select a value property from the dropdown. For example, Average Memory Used.

Node Properties

Parameter
Description
Category
Select a category to filter by, for example: Server.
Vendor
Select a vendor to filter by, for example: Windows.
Machine type
Select a machine type to filter by, for example: Windows 2019.
Additional properties
Optionally select additional properties to include on your table. You may need to shape this data in the data stream manually.
Name filter
Select a name to filter by. Using a % will match anything, for example:
  • %Server%: Match anything with a name that contains Server.
  • %Server: Match anything with a name that ends with Server.
  • Server%: Match anything with a name that starts with Server.

SWQL Query

Parameter
Description
SWQL Query
Enter a valid SolarWinds Query Language (SWQL) statement to retrieve data from the SolarWinds. Ensure that the query only requests the required data to optimize performance and avoid unnecessary load.

SWQL Query (Filter by Object)

Parameter
Description
SWQL Query
Enter a valid SolarWinds Query Language (SWQL) statement to retrieve data from the SolarWinds. Ensure that the query only requests the required data to optimize performance and avoid unnecessary load.

Volume Metrics

Parameter
Description
Metric table
Specify a table to pull metrics from (some nodes may not have data here), for example: CPU/Memory History.
Timestamp property
Select a field to use as a timestamp. For example, Date Time.
Value property
Select a property to return as the value for this data stream. For example: Minimum CPU. Load.

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