Creating noncumulative server statistics


In this section, you will learn to create a flashboard and flashboard components to display the total number of fixed licenses.

To create a noncumulative server statistics variable

  1. In Developer Studio, open AR System Navigator and expand <serverName > All Objects.
  2. Right-click Flashboard Variables, and select New Flashboard Variable.
  3. In the New Flashboard Variable dialog box, enter FB:NonCumulativeServerStatistics in the Form field, and click Finish.
  4. In the Qualification field, enter a qualification.
    For example:

    'Queue' = "CUMULATIVE"

    Enter CUMULATIVE if you chose the Cumulative option in the Server Recording Mode section in the Server Statistics tab of the AR System Administration: Server Information form.
    If you chose the Cumulative and Individual Queue option for the recording mode, you can specify any of the queues from the Server Statistics form.

  5. Click the Operation panel, and complete the following steps:
    1. Select Sum.
    2. In the Expression box, enter Fixed Write Connections.
  6. Click the Data Collection tab, and complete the following steps:
    1. Select Collect Data.
    2. Open the History panel.
    3. Select Minutely. In the Sample data every minute box, enter 1.
    4. Select the day and time to collect data.
    5. In the Expiration section, select Delete, and enter 12 in the After field, and select Hours from the list.
  7. In the Properties tab, set the Permissions property.
  8. Select File > Save.
  9. In the New Name box, enter the total number of fixed licenses, and click OK.

To create a noncumulative server statistics flashboard

  1. In Developer Studio, open AR System Navigator, and expand <serverName > All Objects.
  2. Right-click Flashboards, and select New Flashboard.
  3. On the Flashboard panel, enter a Title: Total Number of Fixed Licenses.
  4. Select a Line, Area, or Stacked Area flashboard type.
  5. From the Display Type list, select History.
  6. Click the Variables panel, and complete the following steps:
    1. Add the Total Number of Fixed Licenses variable to the list.
    2. Select Enable Variable, and set the Label, Color, and Style as needed.
  7. Click the X Axis tab, and complete the following steps:
    1. Select Show Grid.
    2. Select Show As Time.
    3. From the Time Frame list, select Today.
  8. Click the Y Axis tab, and complete the following steps:
    1. In the Label field, enter Number of Fixed Licenses.
    2. Select Show Grid.
  9. (Optional) Modify other properties (such as font and color details) for the flashboard, edit the properties in the Properties tab.
    See Defining-flashboards for more information.
  10. Save and close the flashboard.

 

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