Service Auto Creation Rules

Service Auto Creation Rules allow you to create and manage multiple services easily. You can select and group services based on property keys (cardinality), visualize the created services and their members and define the desired service hierarchy. This streamlined approach simplifies service management and organization.

Requirements for Adding Services Using Auto Creation Rules

You require administrator access to create service rules.

Adding Services Using Auto Creation Rules

1. In LogicMonitor, navigate to Services.
   
2. Select    and select Multiple services, via a new Auto-Creation Rule.

3. In the Add multiple services from new rule: Members section, fill in the following details:

• Rule name – Enter a name for the service rule.
  
• (Optional) Description – Enter a description to identify this rule later. This is useful for widget references.
  
• Default service criticality – Select a criticality level for the services: Lowest, Low, Medium, High, or Highest.
  These values help prioritize services by highlighting those that require immediate attention. You can adjust the criticality level for individual services after they are created.

4. Fill in the fields under the Step 1:Select members properties section.

• Group by – In the Members properties field, select + and choose properties to select resources.

• Filter by – In the Filter resources and instances, add filters for resources and instances for specific services.

Example: Resource Filtering with Service Templates
Consider a property assigned to all resources: service.name and location. 

In addition, assume there are two values for service.name: “BW Store” and “Web Portal.” The location property might have five values: “America,” “Los Angeles,” “Goa,” “Australia”, and “New York”.
Using the Filter resources and instances field, you can filter “Web Portal” resources and select the required locations. 
This creates a new rule with five services – one “Web Portal” service for each chosen location.

• Service Naming Pattern —This field enables you to define service names. You can customize this pattern by altering the text and property references to suit the naming conventions.

• In the Services preview section, you can view the following information:

• Service Name – Displays the name of the services created.

• Resources – Displays the number of resources associated with each service.

• Service Criticality – Displays the criticality level for the services and provides the option to customize the service individually.

• In the Default Membership Re-evaluation Interval field, select the interval time to set the frequency of the environment changes.

5. In the Step 2: Service groups and properties (optional) section, add the following information:

• Enable Create service groups for these services, and put new services in them by matching properties to automatically create service groups to sort the newly created services.

• (Optional) In the Parent service group field, specify the parent service group to organize your services hierarchically.
  
• In the Service group naming pattern field, you can create a hierarchy by selecting Insert Token to include properties for the selected resources.

• Select Preview, to view the if the service group was created as required.

• In Other service groups to add these services to field, add other service groups. 
  
• Select Add Record to add the additional services.

6. Select Next:Save rule and add metrics to save the rule.