Modify queries using the Modify Query wizard

Performance management queries can be modified for certain statistics categories and their associated instances.

About this task

The Modify Query wizard is launched from the Create Report dialog box. For more information about creating a report, see Create performance reports.

For some categories, you can configure the query to return the n most active instances. This feature is available for the following categories:

Category	Metrics
Storage Group	Host IOs/sec (default) Host MBs/sec Response Time
Storage Group Volumes	Host IOs/sec (default) Host MBs/sec Response Time
RFDS Group	Host IOs/sec (default) Host MB/Sec Response Time
RFDA Group	RDF R1 to R2 IOs/sec (default) RDF R1 to R2 MBs/sec RDF Response Time Host Writes/sec Host MBs Written/sec

To modify a query using the Create Query wizard:

When creating a report, in the Create Report dialog box, click Modify to open the Modify Query wizard.
In the Query & Description page, modify the query Name.
Optional: Modify the query Description.
Click Next.
In the Category & Instances page, select a Category.
Depending on the category type you select, different options are presented.

Specify appropriate Instances.

Some or all of the following options are available:

All	Displays all instances.
Specific	Displays the specific instances that you select. Select them in the Available Instances list and click > to move them to the Selected Instances list. You can use multiselect for multiple instances. If required, you can filter the instances by name.

Most Active

Displays the top n most active instances. You can specify a value for n and the metric by which you want to sort the displayed instances.

Click Next.
In the Metrics page, select a Data Format. The available options are Average and Maximum.
Select the Metrics (for the category and data format you selected on the Category & Instances page of the wizard). You can use multiselect for multiple metrics. If required, you can filter the metrics by name.
Click OK.