The Activity dashboard gives you visibility into infrastructure operations and Workflow Automation executions. By tracking activities in real time, you can identify issues quickly, audit changes, and optimize operational workflows.

Why Monitor Activities?

  • Reduce troubleshooting time: Quickly locate failed operations and understand why they failed.
  • Improve automation reliability: Identify slow processes and repeated failures.
  • Enhance visibility: Understand what is happening across your infrastructure at any time.

Access the Activity Dashboard

Follow these steps to access the Activity listing page:

  1. Log in to OpsRamp and navigate to Infrastructure > Activity.
    By default, the page displays activities from the last 7 days, organized by type (Activity, Rule Logs, and Patch Logs).
  2. This overview gives you a quick snapshot of your operational health.

Monitor Activities Effectively

Filter by Status

Activities can appear in several statuses. Filter by status to prioritize your attention:

  • CompleteL Finished successfully.
  • Failed: Requires investigation.
  • In Progress: Currently running.
  • Queued: Waiting to run.
  • Success: Executed successfully.

How to use: Click the GROUP BY dropdown, and then select a status to isolate matching activities. For example, select Failed to see only activities that need investigation.

Filter by Type

Activities are categorized by type to help you focus on specific operations. Filter by type to view relevant activities:

  • Activity: Standard operations and executions.
  • Rule Logs: Actions triggered by automation rules.
  • Patch Logs: Records of system patches, updates, and maintenance operations.

How to use: Click the GROUP BY dropdown, and then select an activity type to view only that category.

Adjust Your Time Window

By default, the dashboard shows the last 7 days. Use the date range picker to:

  • View recent activity (Last 24 hours and Last 7 days).
  • Investigate historical patterns (Last 30 days and Last 90 days).
  • Drill into specific date ranges (Custom range).

This flexibility helps you correlate activities with known incidents or maintenance windows.

Search for Specific Activities

Use the OpsQL search box to find exactly what you need:

  • Search by entityType, description, status, subType, and related fields.

Example: Enter status = "Failed" AND entityName = "kubernetes_cluster" to find failed activities for a Kubernetes cluster.

Customize Your View

Click the COLUMN SETTINGS icon (gear icon) to show or hide columns based on your priorities.

View Complete Activity Details

Click an activity row to open the details slide-out. It includes:

  • Activity Time: Exact execution time.
  • Entity Name: Name of the affected resource.
  • Status: Current status.
  • Operation Type: Action performed.
  • Description: Failure reason, when applicable.

Fix Failed Activities

Failed activities indicate operations that did not complete as expected. Quick investigation prevents cascading problems.

1. Find Failed Activities

On the Activity listing page, click GROUP BY > Status, and then select Failed. You can also search with status = "Failed" in the OpsQL search box.

2. Open the Activity Details

Click the failed activity to open the details slide-out.

3. Understand the Failure

The Description field contains the cause.

Common causes include:

  • Connectivity issues to external services.
  • Invalid configuration or parameters.
  • Insufficient permissions.
  • Timeout during execution.

4. Identify the Root Cause

Examine key fields in the summary slide-out to identify the root cause.

5. Take Corrective Action

  • For permission errors: Update credentials or role assignments.
  • For configuration errors: Correct parameters in the activity definition.
  • For external service failures: Contact the service provider or retry after verification.