Creating Reports

The Report view lets you display constantly changing counter and instance values for selected objects. Values appear in columns for each instance. You can adjust report intervals, print snapshots, and export data. Reports of averaged counters show the average value during the Time Window interval. Reports of instantaneous counters show the value at the end of the Time Window interval.

For specific instructions on using the Report view, opening an existing report settings file, or creating a new blank report file, see the "Working with Reports" topic in Performance Monitor Help.

Using Report Selections and Options

Creating reports using current activity can help you gain a better understanding of object behavior:

• Create a report on all the counters for a given object and then watch them change under various loads.

• Create reports to reflect the same information that you are charting or to monitor other specific situations. Then save these selections under a filename and reuse them when you need an update on the same information.

After you add selections to a report, your selections, listed by computer and object, appear in the report area, and Performance Monitor displays the changing values of your selections in the report.

For specific instructions on how to add objects, counters, and instances to a report or to save report selections in a settings file, see the "Adding to a Report" topic in Performance Monitor Help.

For specific instructions on how to change the reporting time interval, see the "Changing the Report" topic in Performance Monitor Help.