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100

This is the Monitoring tool that replaced other monitors, such as SiteScope and Solar Winds.

What is Logic Monitor?

100

This tool is what Operators and ISD access to see Network Operations procedures.

What is the Alerts Report?

100

This is our top priority each day. 

What is responding to Operator Inquiries?

100
This is the basic Operator Action on which all other Operator Actions are based.

What is the Standard Operator Action, or "Call/Assign/Assign"?

100

This item is due every Friday; otherwise your name will appear on a "list."

What is the time sheet?

200

This is the Manager that is associated with Moogsoft alerts.

What is Splunk?

200

This tool is what technical writers use to add, modify, and retire procedures.

What is the Alerts Database?

200

An example is to quickly change 25 procedures with the Assignment Group of Middleware Web to Appl Support - Distributed.
Another example is to easily change the Manager from "blank" to Logic Monitor. 

What is Batch Editing?

200

Network Operations must own this type of alert because no in-house support team is available for on-call or ticket assignment. 

What is a Vendor procedure?

200

This task appears every so often and must be completed on time so your name does not appear on a "list." And it's not a GOOD list.

What is required training?

300
When "Synthetic Transaction Failure" appears in the alert description, it is easy to identify this Manager. 

What is Dynatrace?

300

These tools can be used to see procedures over time, from inception to current state. You can search by Alert ID or by Alert Description. 

What are the Revision History Reports?

300

This is where procedures that are ready for publication await review by other Technical Writers.

What is the Approval Queue?

300

Non-standard, often uniquely worded procedures.  

What is an Operator Action Exception procedure?

300

Do not click links from unknown sources. Otherwise, you will be guilty of falling for this ploy.

What is phishing?

400

This setting determines whether or not the alert will display on the Moogsoft Dashboard.

What is COSDisplay = YES?

400

This feature in the Alerts Database allows me to easily transfer the details of one procedure into one or many other procedures.

What is Duplicate?

400

This area in the Alerts Database is only viewable by Technical Writers and Operators and is not to be shared with the rest of ISD.

What is the Network Operations Privileged field?

400

An Operator chats about an undocumented alert. You acknowledge the request. 
What is the next step?

What is Create a Ticket?

400

This person must demonstrate working one of her tickets. 

Who is Caitlin?

500

This is the designation for an alert that is created in one monitoring tool by the Cloud team, then activated in ServiceNow by the Splunk team.

What is Azure via ServiceNow?

500

Operators use this when reaching out to Fiserv, TSYS, and other third-party service providers. 

What is the Vendor Contact Sheet?

500

This is where Operators view Primary and/or Secondary contacts when they see an alert. 

What is the On-Call Calendar?

500

You've completed an Operator Inquiry and have closed out the associated ticket.
What is the next/final step?

What is Notify the Operator?

500

This person must walk though all of his tickets. 

Who is Adam?

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