Performance Objects

The Performance Object properties dialog displays detailed information for the selected performance object

To open the Performance Object properties, expand the Performance Data container beneath the Results container, expand a Performance Object, right-click on the Counters folder, and select Properties.

Object Name - The name of the Performance Object to which the selected counter belongs.

Specific Instances - Click the >> button to enter or remove instances for collection. In the context of performance counter objects, an instance is a unique occurrence of a counter. For example, if you are monitoring a dual CPU machine, there are two instances available for collection (one for each CPU) under processor-related counters. If you are monitoring a multi-homed machine (e.g., a machine with two separate network interfaces), there are multiple instances under network-related performance counters (one for each installed interface).

You may use the wildcard characters * and % to mask selections, and the Boolean character ! to exclude instances (e.g., !iexplore). If no instances are listed, all instances are evaluated.

Database Table - Displays the name of the database table in the ELM Server database that contains the data collected for the Object Name.

Performance Counters - This displays the list of performance counters which have been saved in the ELM configuration.
 
For each performance counter, a value for the following fields are displayed:

•Database Column - Displays the name of the column name (in the table listed in the Database field above) that contains the data collected for this counter .

•Summarize - Summary method applied to the selected counter when data is aggregated by a Performance Collector.

Avg - Average of the collected data

Sum - Sum of the collected data

Min - Smallest collected value

Max - Largest collected value

StDev - Standard deviation of collected data

Var - Variance of collected data

•Counter Type - The type of counter (i.e., COUNT for counters that count an item such as Page Faults, or TIME for counters that use time values such as Page Faults/sec).

•Explanation - Displays an explanation for the selected performance counter.