Installing and using Insider is easy. No complex installation or setup is required. You just download and run the installer and start using it. No prerequisites. No assumptions are being made about your computer configuration. All you need is a computer and a network. And yes, you have to know where your servers are. That's it. You are ready to start. Here is the procedure that will help you jump-start using Insider with an Oracle database:

Start Insider and select Add > Add Oracle

Fill in connection parameters to an Oracle database and click OK . An Oracle database item is added to Enterprise view:

An enterprise item shows you some basic performance information like the number of active and waiting users, data files space utilization and CPU and memory statistics. You may also see an Alert icon next to the item (an exclamation mark in a yellow circle in the right upper corner). It means an alert condition has been encountered that may indicate a potential performance problem in your database. If you position you mouse over the alert icon you will see a pop-up list of alerts active for this database:

An alert may be just informational, warning or critical. They are displayed in green, yellow and red color respectively. You can configure threshold levels for alerts using Alert Configuration window.

To get a more detailed view of the database performance double-click on the enterprise item. An Instance View will open that shows you a real-time snapshot of your server activity. Voila. You have just successfully started using Insider to get most of your systems performance!