TPDC Manual (G06.24+)

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Using the Collected Data
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Running the SPAM TACL Macros
BEGIN 13:30, INTERVAL 5
EXCLUDE activity-exclusion-threshold
enables you to set the threshold for the exclusion of low-activity entities from
the output of charts and reports. The reports exclude entities whose activity is
less than the threshold, letting you minimize the amount of data presented. The
unit of measure varies from report to report, but it is usually a percentage
utilization (as in Cpu Busy), a percentage of some global total (as in total
logical disk file I/Os), or a rate of events per second (as in logical I/Os per
second).
Each report shows its EXCLUDE value and unit of measure at the bottom of
every page. For a detailed list, see the file “DPARAMS” in the SPAM base
directory.
Valid values are from 0.00 to 99.99. The default is 0.1. Example:
EXCLUDE 0.01
FILE partial-name
specifies a partial name of one or more files, enabling you to examine the
activity against a particular file or set of files for some reports, such as
FILOPNS. The partial name can be any contiguous string of eight characters
(possibly including spaces) that can occur anywhere within the fully qualified
file name. If you specify fewer than eight characters, the partial name is
padded to the right with spaces. If your partial name includes spaces, you must
enclose it in quotes (“). Examples:
FILE $prod1 (same as $PROD1)
FILE PROD DB
FLAG transient-duration-percentage
specifies the percentage of the window or life for which the entity must have
existed before it is considered transient. The entity is flagged if it lived for less
than this percentage of the window or opening process’s life.
Valid values are from 1 to 99. The default value is 90 percent. Example:
FLAG 95
INTERVAL process-timeline-interval
specifies the interval size, in minutes, for the NEWPROC and PTIMLIN reports.
These reports show new process creations and process existence,
respectively, during intervals within the overall measurement window. These
reports show 16 equal-sized intervals within the window. To zoom in on a
shorter time period within the measurement window, use the INTERVAL
parameter in conjunction with the BEGIN parameter.