PCTCHANGE: Percent change in value

Use the PCTCHANGE formula function in a situation to compare the percent change between the value of the current data sample and the previous sample.

PCTCHANGE functionPercent change in value
The PCTCHANGE function takes the percentage change between the sampled value of the attribute and the previous value, then compares it with what you enter here. If the result meets the comparison, the situation is true. Valid values are numeric integers.
Example
This situation is true when the memory usage of a process increases by 50% or more between sampling intervals.
PCTCHANGE (% Processor Time) >= 50
Restrictions
You can have only one PCTCHANGE function in a situation.
The PCTCHANGE function must be written on row 1 of the formula editor; all subsequent rows are disabled.
You cannot combine the PCTCHANGE function with a CHANGE, MISSING or group function in a situation.
A formula with the PCTCHANGE function can use values from one attribute group only.
The function list shows PCTCHANGE for monitoring agents that are of the correct version; older versions do not display PCTCHANGE in the list.
If the expression that is responsible for a situation event uses this function, the event results workspace shows neither the attribute value threshold color nor the expression that should display when you hover over an initial situation value.
Hexadecimal numbers
When entering a hexadecimal value in a cell, prefix the number with zero and the letter “x”, as in 0x123ab for hex value 123ab.