Adding and Viewing TM1 performance counters in the Microsoft Windows Performance Monitor

You can view TM1® performance counters by adding them with the Add Counters dialog box in the Microsoft Windows Performance Monitor. This dialog also lets you view a brief explanation of each counter.

This dialog also lets you view a brief explanation of each counter.

Procedure

  1. Click Add in the Performance Monitor toolbar.

    The Add Counters dialog box displays.

    Note: Microsoft Windows can sometimes display the following message when you open or close the Add Counters dialog.

    "At least one data sample is missing. Data collection is taking longer than expected. You might avoid this message by increasing the sample interval. This message will not be shown again during this session."

    This message is informational only and typical if the system becomes too busy when adding new counters. Click OK to clear the message.

  2. Select IBM Cognos TM1 from the Performance object list.

    The available performance counters display in the performance counter list.

  3. Select a performance counter from the list of available counters.

    You can also click Explain to see a text description of the currently selected counter.

  4. Select the instance of the server you want to monitor.
  5. Click Add to add the selected counter to the performance display.
  6. Click Close to close the Add Counters dialog and return to the Performance Monitor.

    The Performance Monitor will add the TM1 performance counters to the monitoring process and update the display.

    Updated performance counters in monitoring process