Monitors Catalog Association
Monitors in Exemplar can be linked directly to Catalog entities to provide better operational context, ownership visibility, and service-level observability.
This association helps teams quickly understand which services, systems, or components are affected when a monitor reports unhealthy behavior.
How To: Accessing Linked Catalog Entities from Monitor Details
Why monitor-to-catalog relationships matter
Associating monitors with catalog entities improves operational workflows by connecting monitoring signals with service ownership and infrastructure context.
This helps teams:
- Identify affected services faster
- Understand operational dependencies
- Improve incident investigation workflows
- Navigate directly to linked service details
- Maintain centralized operational visibility
These relationships become especially valuable during outages, maintenance events, and ongoing service investigations.
Linked catalog entities in monitor details
Inside monitor details, teams can review linked catalog entities to understand:
- Which service or system the monitor belongs to
- Ownership and responsible teams
- Related operational metadata
- Associated monitoring relationships
- Service-level operational impact
This creates a more connected operational experience between monitoring and service management.
Connecting monitors to catalog entities improves troubleshooting workflows and helps operational teams quickly identify affected systems and owners.
Operational visibility and service context
Linked catalog entities provide additional context when investigating monitor failures or degraded services.
Operational teams can move directly between:
- Monitor investigations
- Service ownership
- Catalog details
- Incident workflows
- Maintenance coordination
This reduces investigation time and improves operational coordination across teams.
Managing monitor associations
Teams can continuously update monitor associations as infrastructure and services evolve.
This includes:
- Updating linked services
- Removing deprecated monitor mappings
- Reviewing ownership alignment
- Maintaining accurate operational relationships
Keeping these associations updated ensures reliable operational visibility across the platform.
Best practices
- Associate monitors with all critical production services
- Keep catalog ownership updated
- Review monitor mappings regularly
- Remove stale or unused monitor relationships
- Use clear and standardized entity naming conventions