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Configuring Measures for Consolidated Reports

The CONSOLIDATED reports option that the eG Reporter includes, provides a bird's eye view of infrastructure performance. While detailed graphs are ideal for analyzing performance of one server or application or device in detail, what IT operators of large infrastructures need to be able to see is a quick comparison of performance across the servers in their infrastructure.

The comparison should span multiple metrics so that the IT operators can get at a glance consolidated view of their infrastructure. The consolidated reports option addresses this requirement. Using this capability, IT operators can quickly determine if there are hot-spots in their infrastructure, whether the load balancing is working as expected, etc. Comparison of these reports over time can provide key indications regarding performance trends.

eG enterprise uses the grouping of servers as a Zone to define the scope of a consolidated report. Choosing the Zone option, allows a consolidated report to be defined comparing all the servers in the Zone. The Server option summarizes the performance of one of the components of the infrastructure.

While the Server reports enable assessment of individual server performance over time, the Zone report aids in analyzing the collective performance of the servers in a zone.

In order to enable you to focus on the critical/hyper-sensitive attributes of server/zone performance, eG Enterprise allows you the flexibility to choose the measures that are to be displayed in a Zone or Server consolidated report. To achieve the above, do the following:

  1. Select the Consolidated option from the Reports sub-menu in the Configure menu.

  2. In the CONSOLIDATED REPORTS page that appears next, click on the Click here hyperlink. The CONSOLIDATED MEASURES page will appear.

  3. Then, select the Report type (the options are Zone and Server) for which measures are to be configured. The default selection is Zone. If the Report type is Zone, then follow the steps given below:

    • Choose the Component type for which the Zone report is to be generated. By default, the Default (All components) option is chosen here.

    • Next, select the Test to which the measures to be displayed in the report pertain.

    • Choose a Measure and provide a Display name for the measure in the report. If a Display name is not provided, then the Measure name automatically becomes the Display name.

      • Note:

      Measures that are associated with the Default (All Components) option will not be available for selection while configuring measures for any other Component type.

    • Then, pick the functions to be applied to the values of the chosen Measure. Multiple functions can be simultaneously selected. By default, the Avg, Max, and 90 Pct (i.e., percentile) functions are available for selection. To add more functions to the list, do the following:

      • Edit the eg_report.ini file in the {EG_INSTALL_DIR}\manager\config directory.
      • By default, the Function list in the [ZONE_REPORT] section of the file will be set to Avg,90 Pct,Max. You can, if you so desire, append more functions to the list, or remove any of the existing functions.
      • Finally, save the file.

      • Note:

      While generating a zone report, you can make sure that specific descriptors are omitted from the Avg, Max, Count, or Percentile computations for the configured measures, by specifying the descriptor names in the following format in the [INFOS_TO_BE_OMITTED] section of the eg_report.ini file (in the {EG_INSTALL_DIR}\manager\config directory):

      {Test}:{Measure}={Descriptor}

      For example, to ensure that the Summary descriptor of SystemTest is excluded while calculating the average of Cpu_util, provide the following specification in the [INFOS_TO_BE_OMITTED] section:

      [INFOS_TO_BE_OMITTED]

      SystemTest:Cpu_util=Summary

    • Finally, add the specification by clicking on the Add button. The complete specification will then get added to the ASSOCIATED MEASURES list. Similarly, multiple specifications can be added to the list.

      For the default Component type - Default (All Components) - a few specifications pre-exist in the ASSOCIATED MEASURES list. You can add more measures to this list, if required. This default list automatically applies to all managed component-types. If measures are configured for a particular component-type, then such measure configurations will only be appended to the default configurations.

  4. Now, if the Report type is Server, then proceed in the following manner:

    • Select the Test to which the measures to be displayed in the report pertain.

    • Choose a Measure and provide a Display name for the measure in the report. If a Display name is not provided, then the Measure name automatically becomes the Display name.

    • Finally, add the specification by clicking on the Add button. The complete specification will then get added to the ASSOCIATED MEASURES list. Similarly, multiple specifications can be added to the list.

  5. To delete an entry from the ASSOCIATED MEASURES list, select it and click the Delete button alongside.

  6. To save the changes, click the Update button.