Stop data collection

To stop data collection, perform the following actions:

  1. Open a necessary entity in the end view.

  2. Go to the Parameters section.

  3. Click on the State dropdown and select any state.

  4. In the opened window "Manually set state" set parameters of the manual state.

  5. Make sure the Stop data collection toggle is turned on.

  6. Press the Apply button.

After performing these steps, the entity will be transitioned to the selected steps and will stop receiving data from agent and REST API until the manual state is reset.

When you stop data collection, the graphs will display the value 0, and the background will be highlighted with the color of the state for the duration of the stop.

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Stop data collection with manual state

REST API

You can stop data collection with the Set Entity’s Manual State request. You can also use specialized requests for objects and links. Request body must contain the unmanaged field. If the value of this field is true, the data collection will be stopped until the manual state is reset; if it is false, the entity will change its state, but continue to collect the data.

You need entity’s ID for this request.

login=<...>
password=<...>
saymon_hostname=<...>
entity_id=<...>
url=https://$saymon_hostname/node/api/entities/$entity_id/manual-state

curl -X PUT $url -u $login:$password \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- <<EOF
{
    "unmanaged": true,
    "stateId": 3,
    "clear": false,
    "reason": "Stop data collection"
}
EOF