25 Define Classes Dialog Box

Use the Define Classes dialog box to specify the attributes of a class. You can:

See Also Defining a Class

25.1 Defining a Class

To define a class:

  1. Enter a number in the Response limit text field to filter the transactions monitored within a process.

  2. Choose Define Transaction... from the Options menu if you want to define a transaction and override the transaction definition in the .MERG or .merg file.

    The Define Transaction dialog box is displayed.

  3. Choose Define Migration... from the Options menu if you want to specify the name of a benchmark application that has previously been migrated from a VAX to an AXP system.

    The Alpha Migration dialog box is displayed.

  4. Click on the Class Type option menu and choose the type of process that you are classifying:

  5. Click on the Model Type option menu and choose a model type:

  6. Click on a filter push button to choose a filter type:

    For each filter type, a Selected /Unselected window is displayed with the name of the filter type in the title bar. The Selected list field displays the names in the class specified by the filter. For example, if you choose to filter by user name, the Selected list field displays user names. The Unselected list field includes the names that you may have collected, but do not want to include in the current analysis.

  7. Move names between the list fields and add or remove names as you wish. The selected names will appear in the filter field in the Define Classes window.

  8. Click on OK after you are satisfied with the filters to close the Define Classes dialog box.

See Also Define Classes Dialog Box

25.2 File Menu

Use the File menu to access the Cancel menu item.

See Also Cancel Menu Item

25.2.1 Cancel Menu Item

Use the Cancel menu item to cancel the settings and close the dialog box.

25.3 Options Menu

Use the Options menu to access these menu items:

See Also Define Classes Dialog Box

25.3.1 Define Transaction... Menu Item

Use the Define Transaction menu item to display the Define Transaction dialog box. You can define a transaction to be a certain number of I/Os or an amount of CPU.

See Also Define Transaction Dialog Box

25.3.2 Define Migration... Menu Item

Use the Define Migration menu item to display the Alpha Migration dialog box.

See Also Alpha Migration Dialog Box

25.4 Class Name Field

The Class name field shows the name of the class.

See Also Define Classes Dialog Box

25.5 Response Limit Field

Use the Response Limit field to limit, by response time, the number of transactions within a process that you monitor. For example, if you want all the transactions that are less than two seconds, enter 2 in this field.

See Also Define Classes Dialog Box

25.6 Class Type Option Menu

Use the Class Type option menu to specify the type of process for the class. The types are:

See Also Define Classes Dialog Box

25.7 Model Type Option Menu

Use the Model Type option menu to select a model type according to the type of process that you are monitoring.

See Also Define Classes Dialog Box

25.8 OpenVMS Filters

Use the filter push buttons to choose a filter type. For OpenVMS, the filter types are:

For each filter type, a Selected/Unselected window is displayed with the name of the filter type in the title bar. Follow the steps to use the Selected/Unselected window to select the names in the class that you want to filter. The names will appear in the filter field in the Define Classes window.

See Also Define Classes Dialog Box

25.9 UNIX Filters

Use the filter push buttons to choose a filter type. For UNIX, the filter types are:

For each filter type, a Selected/Unselected window is displayed with the name of the filter type in the title bar. Follow the steps to use the Selected/Unselected window to select the names in the class that you want to filter. The names will appear in the filter field in the Define Classes window.

See Also Define Classes Dialog Box


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