Setting up and using the Investigate tool


Use the Investigate tool to analyze and investigate capacity and performance issues in systems. After you configure data collection for the Investigate tool, you can access it from the Helix Capacity Optimization Dashboard to create and launch studies with simple GUI-based steps.

Create Investigate studies to graphically represent recent data for one of more systems. You can customize the study to include specific metrics and time periods that you would like to investigate.

You can also configure uncataloged systems to collect recent data for adhoc performance analysis in the Investigate tool. 

Workflow for setting up and using the Investigate tool

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Permissions for accessing and using the Investigate tool

The following table provides details about the user role with the associated permissions (specific to the Investigate tool only) in the Helix Capacity Optimization Dashboard and activities in the Helix Capacity Optimization Console that a user must have to access and use the Investigate tool. The table also lists the tasks that the user can perform depending on the associated user role.

For more information about managing access control, see Managing access control.

User role

Permission

Activity

User tasks

(In Helix Capacity Optimization Dashboard)

(In Helix Capacity Optimization Console)

(In Helix Capacity Optimization Dashboard)

(In Helix Capacity Optimization Console)

 

Capacity Operator

OPERATOR

View Investigate

(For an Investigate user)

Investigate section - view

Capacity Planner

PLANNER

  • View Investigate
  • Edit Investigate

(For an Investigate editor)

  • Investigate section - edit
  • Investigate section - view
  • Add and Edit Capacity Views
  • View Investigate
  • Edit Investigate

(For an Investigate administrator)

  • Investigate section - edit
  • Investigate section - view

Video

The following video (12:17) provides the basics of Investigate.

Information

This video describes the functionality of TrueSight Capacity Optimization, but it is valid for BMC Helix Capacity Optimization too.

icon-play.pnghttps://youtu.be/KmzCWmMclk0

 

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