• Overview
• Scheduled Learning for Continuous Modernization

• Setting a Baseline
• Backlog TODOs from the Baseline

1. Click Observation tab in the menu bar of vFunction Server’s UI
2. Click the Pencil Icon next to Configuration on the left-hand sidebar
3. A Dialog Box will launch with four sections on the left-hand sidebar
4. In Configure Alerts, select the types of Alerts to be sent
5. In Configure Plan, select the Baseline Measurement as a point of reference. New Learning Data and Notifications will be compared to this measurement (e.g., when a new service is added)
6. In Configure Learning, select the frequency that Learning will occur and the Controllers on which Learning will occur
7. In Configuring Schedule, define how frequently the Analysis will run to create a new Measurement based on the Learning that has occurred. For example, set Learning to occur daily and Analysis to occur weekly to create a new Measurement each week with all of the Learning data from that week.
8. Click Confirm Changes to finish configuring Continuous Modernization
9. After the Analysis Schedule has completed, a new timestamped Measurement will be created with the naming convention, Scheduled - DD-MMM-YYYY HH:MM (UTC+00:00)

Alerts from Scheduled Learning

The Configure Alerts tab is used to set up which architectural events detected during the auto analysis should trigger notifications (left column) and whether Slack and email notifications should be sent to the Users that are authorized to access the application in vFunction and the vFunction platform admins.

Plans from Scheduled Learning

The Configure Plan tab in the config dialog is used to setup the Baseline Measurement as well as enable CI/CD (or other automation) to trigger auto learning and analysis.

First, you have to select the Baseline Measurement (Select Base Measurement). A new measurement created by the automatic learning and analysis (called Latest measurement) will be compared to the Baseline Measurement. Based on this, the alerts and TODOs will be updated.

An External Trigger enables you to start and stop Learning by running a script, usually as part of the CI/CD pipeline. To set up an External Trigger, you should select the relevant Agent, download the Triggered Learning script and use the commands to Start and Stop Learning as part of your CI/CD pipeline.

Note that the Triggered Learning script is a Bash script that uses a Service Account. Follow these steps to generate a Service Account:

Schedules for Scheduled Learning

The Configure Schedule tab is used to set one or more Schedules to perform automatic Learning and Analysis by the vFunction server itself.

Scheduled Learning is especially useful when the Learning is done on a system that is continuously running, e.g., production.

After confirming the changes, the configuration and schedules are listed on the left bottom of the Observation page. Once a Scheduled Learning starts, it is indicated on that list. The Measurement of the Scheduled Learning is not accessible until the corresponding analysis is completed. Only then, you can view the results and the updated notifications and TODOs.

1. Log into the vFunction Server UI
2. Select Analysis in the top, center menu bar
3. Hover over the Measurement in the top of the left-hand sidebar
4. Select Set as Baseline to set the current Measurement as the Baseline Measurement

1. Log into the vFunction Server UI
2. Select Observation in the top, center menu bar
3. Click the Pencil icon in the left-hand sidebar next to Configuration
4. Select Configure Plan in the left-hand sidebar of the dialog box
5. Click the text field below Select Baseline Measurement to select the appropriate Measurement as the baseline