TPDC Manual (G06.24+)

Tandem Performance Data Collector (TPDC) Manual—526357-001
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3 Using the Collected Data
This section also contains tables of data collection entities and their relationships and
lists reports that you can obtain.
Data used by TPDC is kept in files with special file types.
Entities are described in further detail in Appendix A, Entity and Attribute Definitions.
Reports are described in Section 4, Using the System Configuration Reports, and
Section 5, Using the SPAM Performance Data Charts and Reports.
Topic Page
Extracting System File Label Information (TPSFL)
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Creating Measure Entities for GPA and Other Programs (TPLM) 3-5
Creating TPDC Entities for Enform and Other Programs (TPLD) 3-9
Creating Performance Data Entities and Reports (SPAM) 3-12
Producing SPAM Reports 3-23
Entity Relationships 3-27
Table 3-1. TPDC File Types
File Type Contents of File
402 Consolidated data (UWS) files (with file name format ghhmmuws
403 Measure data created by the TPLM module of TPDC
404 Output files created by the TPLD module of TPDC
405 SPAM entities