Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management User's Guide

5.3.4 Setting fields displayed in a report

The records and fields of the performance data set here might vary according to the agent. For details on records and fields for each agent, see the chapter describing the records in each PFM - Agent or PFM - RM manual.

To set the fields displayed in a report: If you want to use characters to search for a field, click the Search fields button in the New Report > Field window. For details on searching for fields, see (1) Searching for fields.

1. Select the records to be displayed in the report in Record of the New Report > Field window.
   If you select records, the fields of the selected records are displayed in All fields.
   

   Note:

   In the New Report > Name and Type window, if Historical (Multiple Agents) is selected as a report type, only single-row records can be selected in Record.

   Reference note: Description window for records

   Click the Description button at the right of Record to display the description window for records belonging to the product selected in the New Report > Name and Type window.

   Reference note: About single-row records and multi-row records

   The description (This is a single-instance record.) or (This is a multi-instance record.) is displayed under Record. These messages indicate the record type. A single-row record indicates a single-instance record, and a multi-row record indicates a multi-instance record. For details on single-instance and multi-instance records, see the chapter describing Performance Management functions in the Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management Planning and Configuration Guide.

2. In All fields, select the fields to be displayed in the report.
   Selected fields are displayed as selected. Use the Shift or Ctrl key to select multiple fields at a time.
   
3. Click the move button ().
   The fields selected in step 2 are moved to Selected fields.
   To undo a field already moved to Selected fields, select the fields to be undone in Selected fields and click the move button ().
   Also, select the fields in Selected fields and click the move button () or the move button () to sort the fields. The order to be specified here will also apply to the order of fields in tables, lists, and graphs.
   
   An example of settings in this window is as follows: For a realtime report of the top ten processes whose CPU usage ratio is high and whose agent is PFM - Agent for Platform (Windows), if you specify three for the fields of Process Detail (PD) records, namely CPU % (PCT_PROCESSOR_TIME), PID (ID_PROCESS), and Program (INSTANCE), set this window as follows:
   Record: Process Detail (PD)
   Selected fields: PID, Program, CPU %
   The following figure shows an example of defining a realtime report of the top ten processes in terms of CPU usage whose agent is PFM - Agent for Platform (Windows), with the following three fields selected from the Process Detail (PD) record:
   
   • CPU % (PCT_PROCESSOR_TIME)
   • PID (ID_PROCESS)
   • Program (INSTANCE)
     

     Figure 5-9 Example of input in the New Report > Field window

     

4. Click the Next > button.
   The New Report > Filter window appears. Go to 5.3.5 Setting display conditions for fields displayed in a report (filter condition).
   

Organization of this subsection

(1) Searching for fields

(1) Searching for fields

This subsection describes how to use the New Report > Field window to search a field. The search results are included in Selected fields in the New Report > Field window.

1. Click the Search fields button in the New Report > Field window.
   The New Report > Field > Search Fields window appears.
   
2. Select the target records from the Records to search pull-down menu.
   The items of the pull-down menu are as follows:
   
   • --All records--
     Select this to search all records.
     
   • A list of record names of the selected agent
     A list of record names of the selected agent is displayed in alphabetical order.
     
3. Enter in Keywords to find the characters that you want to search for in a field, and then click the Search button.
   The search results appear in the information frame.
   
   • If --All records-- is selected as the target
     The search results are listed for each record in the Search results: record(s) window.
     If you click the anchor part of the relevant record, the search results are listed for each field in the New Report > Field > Search Field window.
     
   • If a record name is selected as the target
     The searched fields are listed in the New Report > Field > Search Fields window.
     
4. Select the check box of the fields that you want to select, and then click the OK button.
   The New Report > Field window from which you opened the New Report > Field > Search Fields window appears, and the selected fields are added to Selected fields.
   

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