Using Standard Topics

Standard topics are categories of information that are available by default once the SOTI XSight agent is installed. Use standard topics to monitor and analyze devices in Live View. Standard topics provide comprehensive insights into device performance, network conditions, and user behavior

Note: See the Generate XSight Agent section for information on generating and deploying the SOTI XSight Agent.

Some of the standard topics that can be added to a view for monitoring and analysis include:

CPU Usage
Memory Usage
Disk Space
Wi-Fi Signal
Cell Net Type
Network Switches
Hourly Drops
Battery Level
Device Temperature
App Usage

To add standard topics to a view:

Note: In this example, standard topics are added to an existing view. To create a new view, see Creating a View.

From the main menu, select Live View.
From the View dropdown at the top of the screen, select the Edit icon in the row corresponding to the view you want to add topics to.
The Edit View - User panel displays. Select the Edit Topics button.
The Edit Topics panel displays.
Select Standard Topics from the Available column to display the available standard topics. The list of available standard topics appears in the Available column. Pick the standard topics to add to the view by selecting them in the Available column, one at a time, and clicking the right arrow. This moves the chosen topic to the Selected column. You can remove standard topics from the view by highlighting the topic in the Selected column, one at a time, and clicking the left arrow. This moves the chosen topic to the Available column.
When you have chosen the topics to include in your view, select Save.

Note: The first three topics in the Selected topics column are the topics that appear in the map view legend (see Displaying the Map Legend).

Note: The first three topics in the Selected topics column display as regions of a device's icon on the map. This enables you to see the status of a device at a glance (see Device Icons).

Note: The first three topics must be displayable. Displayable topics are indicated by a green rectangular icon to the right of the topic in the Available column. Non-displayable topics can be added after the first three topics.

Topic legend - displayable selected

Note: If you attempt to add a non-displayable topic as one of the first three topics, a topic error icon will appear next the topic in the Selected column.

Topic legend - Topic Error

Note: You can see all of the added topics by selecting the device in the map or list view. This opens the Device Details panel where you can scroll through and see the topics associated with the view.

Topics in the device details panel

Alternatively, you can follow steps 1 through 3 above and then scroll through the topics in the Selected column to see the topics associated with the view. In either case, the selected topics are monitored on all device groups in the view.