Activity monitor/performance dashboard historical reports

We have performance dashboard reports (SQL 2008 R2 ) to get current state of the system i.e. including cpu, resource waits etc. but is it possible to alter it to get it working for past periods. i.e. if we have kept archived copies of DMVs, would
it require changing any of the SPs?
I saw in a few forum questions that a few custom reports can be built using RDL. Appreciate if you can redirect me to a few resources needed for the above requirement as I haven't got much experiencing working with RDL.
Thanks.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlserverfaq/archive/2010/05/27/sql-server-performance-dashboard-reports-in-ssms-introduction-install-datediff-error-amp-modified-for-sql-2008.aspx
http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2896/where-do-i-find-the-performance-dashboard-for-sql-server-2008/
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Hi All,
We have an issue in Historical Reports for Activity.we are using Book of Business also.
Now the issue is under Activity History as subject area, when an activity doesn't have any Customer it should come as Unspecified in the report.
Like if it doesn't have account assosiated to it then it is shown as Unspecified in the report.
But for activity with no customer assosiated to it, it is not showing the entire record (Acitivity) in the report.
When the Customer field is removed from the displayed columns then we are able to see those activities in the report.
Note:
But when the Book of Business is not there previously, it was working fine
An response is appreciated.
Thanks & Regards,
Lemu
Edited by: Lemu on Dec 28, 2010 10:33 PM
Edited by: Lemu on Dec 28, 2010 10:34 PM

Hi,
Yes we have a workaround for this.
Since the Primary Customer is not exposed as an Activity filed.
Copy the value of the Primary Customer and display it in a filed of activity using workflows.
Then replace the customer filed with this filed.
Then u will get the activity without customer also cause the customer filed is a normal activity field.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Lemu

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Hi Gurus,
I am Working in IMWM are & giving support. Client is facing problem with this Report, as this report is not running frequently as per scheduled in Configuration settings. for e.g after 4 hrs or after 12 hrs or 1 week etc.
Does any body know how this program is running in background?
Do I need to create any Batch Job for this?
As per our developer no need of Batch job, it has to run automatically. So if anybody know this, please let me know ASAP. We need to submit solution to client.
thanks & regards,
Anant Joshi

Hi,
Maybe I'm mistaken but I can't see any sense of running LL01 as background job. I think users have to run the report themselves, and it is possible to refresh it in the report itself or by running it again.
Please check (run) the transaction in SAP and check SAP online help:
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_04/helpdata/EN/c6/f83aa34afa11d182b90000e829fbfe/frameset.htm
The functions of the warehouse activity monitor are intended to assist warehouse administrators to oversee, plan and optimize work processes in the warehouse.
This report requires users' interaction so, I can't understand what you want to achieve.
Regards,
Csaba
Edited by: Csaba Szommer on Jan 13, 2009 10:35 PM

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Restart the computer from Apple menu.
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Memory incorrectly reported in Activity Monitor.

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For example, for the latest Mac Minis, the spec states:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 128MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory
or
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory
Compare to the high end iMac which simply states:
NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 with 512MB of GDDR3 memory
All current Macs use integrated GPUs that use shared main memory RAM for graphics save for iMacs with an NVIDIA GT or ATI Radeon GPU, MacBook Pros with the NVIDIA 9600M GPU, and Mac Pros.
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Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
          1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
System Software:
          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 0:12:4
Disk Information:
          TOSHIBA MK3255GSXF disk0 : (320.07 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 319.21 GB (194.65 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information:
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [not loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
          [not loaded] com.livescribe.PenCommService.plist
          [not loaded] com.luthresearch.scservice.plist
          [not loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [not loaded] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist
          [not loaded] PACESupport.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [not loaded] com.luthresearch.savvyconnectmenu.plist
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          [not loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [not loaded] com.Livestation.plist
          [not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
User Login Items:
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          Flash Player
Internet Plug-ins:
          AdobePDFViewer.plugin
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          Flash Player.plugin
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User Internet Plug-ins:
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Time Machine:
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          Mobile backups: OFF
          Auto backup: NO
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 319.21 GB Disk used: 124.57 GB
          Destinations:
                    Tuna's MacBook Pro Hard Drive [Local] (Last used)
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                    Oldest backup: 2013-11-07 13:34:08 +0000
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As for the performance issues, see my Mac Performance Guide.
Note that you've got a lot of third-party software loaded:
Launch Daemons:
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          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
          [not loaded] com.livescribe.PenCommService.plist
          [not loaded] com.luthresearch.scservice.plist
          [not loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [not loaded] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist
          [not loaded] PACESupport.plist
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          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [not loaded] com.luthresearch.savvyconnectmenu.plist
          [not loaded] com.wacom.pentablet.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
          [not loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [not loaded] com.Livestation.plist
          [not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
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Historical reporting...reports are different?

I'm looking at 2 reports for a 24 hour period trying to figure out the total amount of calls handled by the system. The reports are:
Contact Service Queue Activity Report and Traffic Analysis.
CSQ Activity Report shows the number of calls handled, abandoned, and dequeued. Traffic analysis just shows 1 bar with total calls.
Even if I add up all the calls from the activity report, it doesn't match the number on the traffic analysis. What's up with this?
For example - Yesterday I had roughly 1475 calls including about 50 abandoned calls from the activity report. The traffic analysis shows 1741 calls.
Any ideas?

Hello,
Although there exists some bugs regarding Historical Reporting discrepancies, I've found that most of the times the differences are caused just because the different reports show different information.
For example, the differences between Traffic Analysis Contact Service Queue Activity Report might be because of this:
The Contact Service Queue Activity Report includes abandoned ICD calls. (This report counts an ICD call as abandoned if the caller hangs up while queued for a CSQ or CSQs). The IVR Application Performance Analysis Report includes abandoned ICD calls and abandoned IVR calls. (This report counts a call as abandoned if the call ends before it is answered by an agent or before it is marked as handled by a workflow.)
Another example are the the differences between Traffic Analysis and Called Number Summary Report:
The Traffic Analysis Report will show any new call received into the UCCX system. For example an inbound call from the PSTN will increase the TA report. This new call will also increase the Called Number Summary Report. However, let's say the agent transfers the call to another agent or back to the CSQ. This will add a second call to the Called Number Summary Report but will not increase the TA report.
I'm not sure if this will explain the difference on your case or all cases, but I've seen it's the one that confuse most people.
Please check this FAQ which explains each report and that description might give you an idea if the reports really show a discrepancy or they just show different information:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/voice/sw_ap_to/apps_3_1/english/admn_app/hist_rep/hradvch4.pdf
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Activity Monitor: activites created before upgrade not displayed

Hi experts,
After upgrade from CRM4 to CRM7, the activity monitor (tcode S_AE2_89000019) is not working proprely. After several tests and analysis, we came to the conclusion that the logical database CRMLDB_ACT_MON used by the SAP Query of the Activity monitor is not fetching all results.
It seems that activities created after upgrade are well fetched. Old activities are not fetched
Has someone experimented the same problem?
Is there a specific action to perform on logical databases after upgrade?
Thanks in advance for your help

Hi Manfred,
Thanks for your answer. Unfortunately we haven't upgraded to Web UI yet..
I found the solution, I'm posting it just in case someone else is facing the same problem: CRMD_ORDER_INDEX is a table that consolidate orders data in order to make reports faster in CRM. This table is not updated after Upgrade, you need to run the program CRM_INDEX_REBUILD to have this table updated.
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Running Activity Monitor To Shut Unnecessary Functions Off?

I just ran Activity Monitor to see how the CPU on my MacBook was doing and saw all these "root" functions and this Quicklook thing that list almost 600MB of RAM/Virtual Memory usage. iVirus usage 171MB. Are there ways to disable apps and directory actions that are totally unnecessary to save RAM and CPU actions? Any links to Activity Monitor tutorials?
Also since the SL 10.6.1 update, the fan comes on more frequently and the casing underneath is getting warmer. I assume this has to be related to something related to what is going on in Activity Monitor. Any clues there?
I have 4GB RAM.
Thanks for any help and ideas on what could improve the MacBook performance.
Steve

I would stay away from killing processes you know nothing about as that can lead to the OS failing to function. As for Activity Monitor and memory management see the following:
About OS X Memory Management and Usage
Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor
Memory Management in Mac OS X
Performance Guidelines- Memory Management in Mac OS X
A detailed look at memory usage in OS X
Understanding top output in the Terminal
The amount of available RAM for applications is the sum of Free RAM and Inactive RAM. This will change as applications are opened and closed or change from active to inactive status. The Swap figure represents an estimate of the total amount of swap space required for VM if used, but does not necessarily indicate the actual size of the existing swap file. If you are really in need of more RAM that would be indicated by how frequently the system uses VM. If you open the Terminal and run the top command at the prompt you will find information reported on Pageins () and Pageouts (). Pageouts () is the important figure. If the value in the parentheses is 0 (zero) then OS X is not making instantaneous use of VM which means you have adequate physical RAM for the system with the applications you have loaded. If the figure in parentheses is running positive and your hard drive is constantly being used (thrashing) then you need more physical RAM.
About OS X system processes - MacFixIt;
OS X Process Management- Guide to Activity Monitor - MacFixIt.

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Hello,
I have a 13inch MBP running Mavericks 10.9.4 with a 2.7 GHz i7, 16GB RAM, 500GB HD. I just recently had the machine Factory Reset. The only APP's I've added are PAGES, NUMBERS and KEYNOTE. When I check the ACTIVITY MONITOR it indicates that out of 16GB of RAM MEMORY, 5.51GB is being used. Usually ACTIVITY MONITOR indicates that as much as 9GB RAM is being used. This MBP is 3 years old and I clearly upgraded the RAM from 4GB (I think) to 16GB. Since this MBP used to run with only 4GB of RAM total; it seems to me that the current amount of memory being used, from 5.51GB up to 9GB out of 16GB total RAM is unusually high. In addition, the above numbers were displayed when only Safari and Activity Monitor are running. Is this normal for Mavericks OSX?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Dennis

I have a 16GB Macbook Pro, and my kernel_task has 1.12GB or RAM, 15.85GB used, split between app memory at 6.67GB, file cache at 7.36GB, and 1.83GB wired.
So what. My Mac is running fine. I do not care how RAM is used, as long as I am getting good performance.
Unused RAM is wasted RAM. My Mac is making sure I get full value from my money.
If you are having an actual performance issue, please describe what you are seeing, what apps you are running at the time, and if you have an anti-malware or Mac cleaner apps running on your system (historical trouble makers).
If your system is running fine, then either do not worry about it, or follow the pointers Linc has provided.

Activity Monitor misreports RAM?

I have the brand new aluminum macbook with 2 gigs of ram. I looked in activity Monitor before and it was telling me that I was using 500 megabytes of ram, with no programs running. I looked at all the processes and they could not possibly have added up to 500. I know that green and blue are free and that red is for the OS. It was just the yellow that I looked at and all the processes, even including kernel_task (which is counted under wired, right?), could not have added up to 500. Please help!

You've given us nothing to suggest a problem. Activity Monitor does not provide information on background processes. When you say, "they could not possibly have added up to 500," that means you don't really know what they added to nor that you know what to add.
See the following:
About OS X Memory Management and Usage
Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor
Memory Management in Mac OS X
Performance Guidelines- Memory Management in Mac OS X
A detailed look at memory usage in OS X
Understanding top output in the Terminal
The amount of available RAM for applications is the sum of Free RAM and Inactive RAM. This will change as applications are opened and closed or change from active to inactive status. The Swap figure represents an estimate of the total amount of swap space required for VM if used, but does not necessarily indicate the actual size of the existing swap file. If you are really in need of more RAM that would be indicated by how frequently the system uses VM. If you open the Terminal and run the top command at the prompt you will find information reported on Pageins () and Pageouts (). Pageouts () is the important figure. If the value in the parentheses is 0 (zero) then OS X is not making instantaneous use of VM which means you have adequate physical RAM for the system with the applications you have loaded. If the figure in parentheses is running positive and your hard drive is constantly being used (thrashing) then you need more physical RAM.

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Activity monitor says I have 1 -3% of System Memory free, yet CPU usage shows less than 10% total of all processes

I think you should review what you wrote. There is no question, hence, my reply. I can't tell by the AM listing what applications are using memory. You need to click on the Real Mem column once or twice to display in descending order.
Aside from what you see in AM, what exactly is your problem or perceived problem. You are very low on Free Mem at the moment the screen shot was taken. Those displays are not depicting your computer's instantaneous memory usage.
About OS X Memory Management and Usage
Using Activity Monitor to read System Memory & determine how much RAM is used
Memory Management in Mac OS X
Performance Guidelines- Memory Management in Mac OS X
A detailed look at memory usage in OS X
Memory Usage Performance Guidelines- About the Virtual Memory System
Understanding top output in the Terminal
The amount of available RAM for applications is the sum of Free RAM and Inactive RAM. This will change as applications are opened and closed or change from active to inactive status. The Swap figure represents an estimate of the total amount of swap space required for VM if used, but does not necessarily indicate the actual size of the existing swap file. If you are really in need of more RAM that would be indicated by how frequently the system uses VM. If you open the Terminal and run the top command at the prompt you will find information reported on Pageins () and Pageouts (). Pageouts () is the important figure. If the value in the parentheses is 0 (zero) then OS X is not making instantaneous use of VM which means you have adequate physical RAM for the system with the applications you have loaded. If the figure in parentheses is running positive and your hard drive is constantly being used (thrashing) then you need more physical RAM.
Adding RAM only makes it possible to run more programs concurrently. It doesn't speed up the computer nor make games run faster. What it can do is prevent the system from having to use disk-based VM when it runs out of RAM because you are trying to run too many applications concurrently or using applications that are extremely RAM dependent. It will improve the performance of applications that run mostly in RAM or when loading programs.

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