Is this REALLY the easiest/best way to do this?

I'm no SQL guru by any means, but I can get by. Here is some background.
I am running Perfmon Data Collector Sets to collect performance counters.
I am using Relog.exe to take the .blg files and pushing them into a database
I am attempting to write a query that will ultimately get the information out of the database and see if I can aggregate the data a bit as well. If the last part is better off doing in Excel (where this data will ultimately end up for charting), then I will
do that part there.
Here is the table layouts when you import the .blg files:
Table name: CounterData
Columns:
GUID
CounterID
RecordIndex
CounterDateTime
CounterValue
FirstValueA
FirstValueB
SecondValueA
SecondValueB
MultiCount
Table Name: CounterDetails
CounterID
MachineName
ObjectName
CounterName
CounterType
DefaultScale
InstanceName
InstanceIndex
ParentName
ParentObjectID
TimeBaseA
TimeBaseB
I need to pull multiple sets of data out of these tables, so I built the following query:
USE PDB
SELECT
CAST(LEFT(CounterDateTime, 16) as smalldatetime) AS CounterDateTime,
REPLACE(CounterDetails.MachineName,'\\','') AS ComputerName,
CounterDetails.ObjectName + ISNULL('(' + CounterDetails.InstanceName + ')','') + '\' + CounterDetails.CounterName AS [Counter],
CounterData.CounterValue
FROM CounterData
FULL OUTER JOIN CounterDetails ON CounterData.CounterID = CounterDetails.CounterID
FULL OUTER JOIN DisplayToID ON CounterData.GUID = DisplayToID.GUID
WHERE CounterDetails.ObjectName = 'Processor'
AND CounterDetails.CounterName = '% Processor Time'
AND CounterDetails.InstanceName = '_Total'
UNION
SELECT
CAST(LEFT(CounterDateTime, 16) as smalldatetime) AS CounterDateTime,
REPLACE(CounterDetails.MachineName,'\\','') AS ComputerName,
CounterDetails.ObjectName + ISNULL('(' + CounterDetails.InstanceName + ')','') + '\' + CounterDetails.CounterName AS [Counter],
CounterData.CounterValue
FROM CounterData
FULL OUTER JOIN CounterDetails ON CounterData.CounterID = CounterDetails.CounterID
FULL OUTER JOIN DisplayToID ON CounterData.GUID = DisplayToID.GUID
WHERE CounterDetails.ObjectName = 'Web Service'
AND CounterDetails.CounterName = 'Bytes Received/sec'
AND CounterDetails.InstanceName = 'AppName'
ORDER BY 1
Is this REALLY the best way to do this?
Also, trying to figure out how to build in data aggregation in 5 minute average blocks.
Any assistance appreciated!

Erland,
Thanks for your response.
The related items in the table are CounterID, in a nutshell, what I want to do is the following:
Get the data from the CounterDetails table that holds the MachineName, CounterName, CounterType and so forth.
CounterID MachineName ObjectName CounterName CounterType DefaultScale InstanceName InstanceIndex ParentName ParentObjectID TimeBaseA TimeBaseB
1 \\ServerName Web Service Bytes Received/sec 272696576 -4 Carnival NULL NULL NULL 14318180 0
2 \\ServerName Web Service Bytes Sent/sec 272696576 -4 AppName NULL NULL NULL 14318180 0
3 \\ServerName Web Service Current Connections 65536 0 AppName NULL NULL NULL 14318180 0
4 \\ServerName Web Service Bytes Total/sec 272696576 -4 AppName NULL NULL NULL 14318180 0
5 \\ServerName Web Service Get Requests/sec 272696320 0 AppName NULL NULL NULL 14318180 0
6 \\ServerName Web Service Head Requests/sec 272696320 0 AppName NULL NULL NULL 14318180 0
7 \\ServerName Processor % Processor Time 558957824 0 _Total NULL NULL NULL 10000000 0
8 \\ServerName PhysicalDisk Disk Reads/sec 272696320 0 _Total NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
9 \\ServerName PhysicalDisk Disk Reads/sec 272696320 0 0 C: D: E: NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
10 \\ServerName PhysicalDisk Disk Read Bytes/sec 272696576 -4 _Total NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
11 \\ServerName PhysicalDisk Disk Read Bytes/sec 272696576 -4 0 C: D: E: NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
12 \\ServerName PhysicalDisk Disk Writes/sec 272696320 0 _Total NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
13 \\ServerName PhysicalDisk Disk Writes/sec 272696320 0 0 C: D: E: NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
14 \\ServerName PhysicalDisk Current Disk Queue Length 65536 1 _Total NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
15 \\ServerName PhysicalDisk Current Disk Queue Length 65536 1 0 C: D: E: NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
16 \\ServerName PhysicalDisk % Disk Read Time 542573824 0 _Total NULL NULL -1 10000000 0
17 \\ServerName PhysicalDisk % Disk Read Time 542573824 0 0 C: D: E: NULL NULL -1 10000000 0
18 \\ServerName PhysicalDisk Disk Write Bytes/sec 272696576 -4 _Total NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
19 \\ServerName PhysicalDisk Disk Write Bytes/sec 272696576 -4 0 C: D: E: NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
20 \\ServerName PhysicalDisk Disk Transfers/sec 272696320 0 _Total NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
21 \\ServerName PhysicalDisk Disk Transfers/sec 272696320 0 0 C: D: E: NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
22 \\ServerName PhysicalDisk % Disk Write Time 542573824 0 _Total NULL NULL -1 10000000 0
23 \\ServerName PhysicalDisk % Disk Write Time 542573824 0 0 C: D: E: NULL NULL -1 10000000 0
24 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Received/sec 272696576 -4 TEAM : Team _0 - Intel[R] PRO_1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
25 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Received/sec 272696576 -4 Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE [NDIS VBD Client] NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
26 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Received/sec 272696576 -4 TEAM : Team _0 - Intel[R] PRO_1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter _3 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
27 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Received/sec 272696576 -4 TEAM : Team _0 - Intel[R] PRO_1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter _2 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
28 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Received/sec 272696576 -4 TEAM : Team _0 - Intel[R] PRO_1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter _4 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
29 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Received/sec 272696576 -4 Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE [NDIS VBD Client] _4 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
30 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Received/sec 272696576 -4 Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE [NDIS VBD Client] _3 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
31 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Received/sec 272696576 -4 Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE [NDIS VBD Client] _2 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
32 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Sent/sec 272696576 -4 TEAM : Team _0 - Intel[R] PRO_1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
33 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Sent/sec 272696576 -4 Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE [NDIS VBD Client] NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
34 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Sent/sec 272696576 -4 TEAM : Team _0 - Intel[R] PRO_1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter _3 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
35 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Sent/sec 272696576 -4 TEAM : Team _0 - Intel[R] PRO_1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter _2 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
36 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Sent/sec 272696576 -4 TEAM : Team _0 - Intel[R] PRO_1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter _4 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
37 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Sent/sec 272696576 -4 Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE [NDIS VBD Client] _4 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
38 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Sent/sec 272696576 -4 Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE [NDIS VBD Client] _3 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
39 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Sent/sec 272696576 -4 Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE [NDIS VBD Client] _2 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
40 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Total/sec 272696576 -4 TEAM : Team _0 - Intel[R] PRO_1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
41 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Total/sec 272696576 -4 Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE [NDIS VBD Client] NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
42 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Total/sec 272696576 -4 TEAM : Team _0 - Intel[R] PRO_1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter _3 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
43 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Total/sec 272696576 -4 TEAM : Team _0 - Intel[R] PRO_1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter _2 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
44 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Total/sec 272696576 -4 TEAM : Team _0 - Intel[R] PRO_1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter _4 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
45 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Total/sec 272696576 -4 Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE [NDIS VBD Client] _4 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
46 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Total/sec 272696576 -4 Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE [NDIS VBD Client] _3 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
47 \\ServerName Network Interface Bytes Total/sec 272696576 -4 Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE [NDIS VBD Client] _2 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
48 \\ServerName Network Interface Output Queue Length 65792 0 TEAM : Team _0 - Intel[R] PRO_1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
49 \\ServerName Network Interface Output Queue Length 65792 0 Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE [NDIS VBD Client] NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
50 \\ServerName Network Interface Output Queue Length 65792 0 TEAM : Team _0 - Intel[R] PRO_1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter _3 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
51 \\ServerName Network Interface Output Queue Length 65792 0 TEAM : Team _0 - Intel[R] PRO_1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter _2 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
52 \\ServerName Network Interface Output Queue Length 65792 0 TEAM : Team _0 - Intel[R] PRO_1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter _4 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
53 \\ServerName Network Interface Output Queue Length 65792 0 Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE [NDIS VBD Client] _4 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
54 \\ServerName Network Interface Output Queue Length 65792 0 Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE [NDIS VBD Client] _3 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
55 \\ServerName Network Interface Output Queue Length 65792 0 Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE [NDIS VBD Client] _2 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
56 \\ServerName Network Interface Current Bandwidth 65792 -6 TEAM : Team _0 - Intel[R] PRO_1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
57 \\ServerName Network Interface Current Bandwidth 65792 -6 Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE [NDIS VBD Client] NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
58 \\ServerName Network Interface Current Bandwidth 65792 -6 TEAM : Team _0 - Intel[R] PRO_1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter _3 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
59 \\ServerName Network Interface Current Bandwidth 65792 -6 TEAM : Team _0 - Intel[R] PRO_1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter _2 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
60 \\ServerName Network Interface Current Bandwidth 65792 -6 TEAM : Team _0 - Intel[R] PRO_1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter _4 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
61 \\ServerName Network Interface Current Bandwidth 65792 -6 Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE [NDIS VBD Client] _4 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
62 \\ServerName Network Interface Current Bandwidth 65792 -6 Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE [NDIS VBD Client] _3 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
63 \\ServerName Network Interface Current Bandwidth 65792 -6 Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE [NDIS VBD Client] _2 NULL NULL -1 14318180 0
64 \\ServerName Memory % Committed Bytes In Use 537003008 0 NULL NULL NULL NULL 14318180 0
65 \\ServerName Memory Available MBytes 65792 0 NULL NULL NULL NULL 14318180 0
66 \\ServerName Memory Committed Bytes 65792 -6 NULL NULL NULL NULL 14318180 0
67 \\ServerName ASP.NET Requests Current 65536 -1 NULL NULL NULL NULL 14318180 0
68 \\ServerName ASP.NET Worker Process Restarts 65536 -1 NULL NULL NULL NULL 14318180 0
69 \\ServerName ASP.NET Applications Running 65536 -1 NULL NULL NULL NULL 14318180 0
70 \\ServerName ASP.NET Requests Queued 65536 -1 NULL NULL NULL NULL 14318180 0
71 \\ServerName ASP.NET Application Restarts 65536 -1 NULL NULL NULL NULL 14318180 0
72 \\ServerName ASP.NET Worker Processes Running 65536 -1 NULL NULL NULL NULL 14318180 0
73 \\ServerName ASP.NET Request Execution Time 65536 -1 NULL NULL NULL NULL 14318180 0
Put that together with the Actual CounterData in the appropriately named table.
GUID CounterID RecordIndex CounterDateTime CounterValue FirstValueA FirstValueB SecondValueA SecondValueB MultiCount
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 1 2015-04-30 13:01:17.165 0 -1927979745 2 -598728243 706 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 2 2015-04-30 13:01:22.173 67581.3633745449 -1927642227 2 -527219720 706 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 3 2015-04-30 13:01:27.165 94686.4063445727 -1927169543 2 -455741935 706 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 4 2015-04-30 13:01:32.172 152203.041104636 -1926407371 2 -384042212 706 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 5 2015-04-30 13:01:37.180 165447.09804292 -1925578898 2 -312344215 706 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 6 2015-04-30 13:01:42.172 171837.776053684 -1924721043 2 -240864459 706 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 7 2015-04-30 13:01:47.180 173383.630948422 -1923852824 2 -169166134 706 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 8 2015-04-30 13:01:52.172 144598.914838348 -1923130989 2 -97690055 706 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 9 2015-04-30 13:01:57.179 174737.727857169 -1922255986 2 -25991455 706 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 10 2015-04-30 13:02:02.171 169321.861725293 -1921410708 2 45486867 707 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 11 2015-04-30 13:02:07.179 208117.127073016 -1920368562 2 117185118 707 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 12 2015-04-30 13:02:12.171 141008.757157554 -1919664632 2 188662923 707 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 13 2015-04-30 13:02:17.178 149495.458222544 -1918916026 2 260361927 707 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 14 2015-04-30 13:02:22.170 174341.539879002 -1918045605 2 331847154 707 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 15 2015-04-30 13:02:27.178 143957.916530014 -1917324818 2 403537258 707 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 16 2015-04-30 13:02:32.170 130619.882518362 -1916672720 2 475018386 707 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 17 2015-04-30 13:02:37.178 142332.32395318 -1915959971 2 546718673 707 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 18 2015-04-30 13:02:42.170 184550.944997403 -1915038722 2 618192753 707 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 19 2015-04-30 13:02:47.177 154267.317838657 -1914266244 2 689889592 707 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 20 2015-04-30 13:02:52.169 149238.629713526 -1913521218 2 761368514 707 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 21 2015-04-30 13:02:57.177 188584.542348845 -1912576880 2 833066869 707 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 22 2015-04-30 13:03:02.169 176918.705027469 -1911693639 2 904548308 707 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 23 2015-04-30 13:03:07.176 188369.179859497 -1910750431 2 976242743 707 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 24 2015-04-30 13:03:12.168 148606.905306921 -1910008537 2 1047723754 707 1
8ADCC3A7-4D90-45A3-B912-FB18C9CB3646 1 25 2015-04-30 13:03:17.176 200078.077196397 -1909006668 2 1119420468 707 1
The query above is working, but I feel there is a better way to get this done.
Sample Output:
CounterDateTime ComputerName Counter CounterValue
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23836753920
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23837396992
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23842693120
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23843172352
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23861657600
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23872827392
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23909138432
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23960690688
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23972872192
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Current Disk Queue Length 0
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time 0
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time 8.65725297547727
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time 9.34837740384615
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time 10.45515625
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time 11.3926622596154
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time 11.4480309928908
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time 11.8893621695024
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time 12.3306933461139
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time 13.3301821231728
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Web Service(AppName)\Bytes Received/sec 0
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Web Service(AppName)\Bytes Received/sec 67581.3633745449
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Web Service(AppName)\Bytes Received/sec 94686.4063445727
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Web Service(AppName)\Bytes Received/sec 144598.914838348
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Web Service(AppName)\Bytes Received/sec 152203.041104636
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Web Service(AppName)\Bytes Received/sec 165447.09804292
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Web Service(AppName)\Bytes Received/sec 171837.776053684
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Web Service(AppName)\Bytes Received/sec 173383.630948422
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Web Service(AppName)\Bytes Received/sec 174737.727857169
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Web Service(AppName)\Bytes Total/sec 0
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Web Service(AppName)\Bytes Total/sec 354821.47994974
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Web Service(AppName)\Bytes Total/sec 533111.927106303
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Web Service(AppName)\Bytes Total/sec 849787.130317823
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Web Service(AppName)\Bytes Total/sec 1015485.82303199
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Web Service(AppName)\Bytes Total/sec 1286054.48388504
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Web Service(AppName)\Bytes Total/sec 1528398.33137765
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Web Service(AppName)\Bytes Total/sec 1600789.68540725
2015-04-30 13:01:00 ServerName Web Service(AppName)\Bytes Total/sec 1690894.89372096
2015-04-30 13:02:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23781527552
2015-04-30 13:02:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23802056704
2015-04-30 13:02:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23803797504
2015-04-30 13:02:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23821389824
2015-04-30 13:02:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23831420928
2015-04-30 13:02:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23835803648
2015-04-30 13:02:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23850049536
2015-04-30 13:02:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23863857152
2015-04-30 13:02:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23875534848
2015-04-30 13:02:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23917281280
2015-04-30 13:02:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23933739008
2015-04-30 13:02:00 ServerName Memory\Committed Bytes 23978917888
I hope this additional information I have provided will help. :)
Thanks for your time!

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