Data Distribution and DATETIME Chart
No Analyzer or Extractor control statements are required to produce the Data Distribution and DATETIME Chart. It is produced automatically as part of the preliminary reporting information that BMC AMI Ops Monitor for CMF supplies with each batch report job.
Data records excluded from reports (because they were extracted before or after the time of day constraints of the DATETIME range) still appear in the column for their day. No indication is given in this chart that these records are outside the DATETIME range. This chart reflects relationships based only on extraction and DATETIME dates, not on time.
An example of this report is shown in the following figure.
BMC SOFTWARE, INC. REPORT DATE: DD MMM YY 13.40
DATA DISTRIBUTION AND DATETIME CHART
+ +
2610 + + 2610
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
1914 + C + 1914
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
1218 + C + 1218
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
522 + C + 522
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
| C |
0 +----+----+
| |
021JUN YY>+ +<23JUN YY
LEGEND: * DELIMITS THE DATETIME RANGE R REPRESENTS RMF RECORDS I REPRESENTS IPM RECORDS
C REPRESENTS CPM RECORDS EACH LINE REPRESENTS 58 RECORDS EACH '+' COLUMN POSITION REPRESENTS 1 DAYS
Data Distribution and DATETIME Chart field descriptions
Descriptions of the fields in the Data Distribution and DATETIME Chart are listed in the table below.
Field | Description |
|---|---|
* | delimits the DATETIME range |
C | represents CPM records, when present |
R | represents RMF records, when present |
I | represents IPM records, when present |
+ | plus sign (+) in each column position represents at least one day; the exact number of days for each + is shown in the legend information Each line represents the number of records, as indicated in the report legend. |
The characters used in the chart are defined in the legend. The value of each line of data and the column positions vary depending on
- amount of data being reported
- DATETIME range
- date range of the data
The numbers along the vertical axis vary depending on the amount of data being reported; they are reference points for reading column totals.
Each + (plus sign) in the horizontal axis can represent a day or a group of days, as indicated in the legend. Dashes between plus signs are for spacing purposes only. The data records are aligned only over plus signs.
The columns of * (asterisks) at either side of the chart represent the start of the DATETIME period (left column) and the end of the DATETIME period (right column). A single column of asterisks indicates a DATETIME range that falls within one day. If no columns of asterisks appear, no DATETIME range was specified.