Descriptions of the Panes

The following table includes a description of each of the Client Console panes (in alphabetical order). Panes appear in the Client Console and the Client Configurator window unless otherwise noted.

Pane

Description

Console

Displays the screen output of a client running in the background.

NOTE:Each client has its own console pane.

Explorer

A tree-view representation of Client Manager services and data sources.

  • DMSII and
  • DMSII Properties

(Client Configurator only) The DMSII pane in the Client Configurator shows configurable data sets for the data source you are configuring.

The DMSII Properties pane shows the properties for most items selected in the DMSII pane, specifically the data source, data set, and DMS item.

You can customize items by using the context menu (right-click on the item to get the menu that is tailored for the item in question) You can modify properties of the selected item in the DMSII Properties pane that appears below the DMSII pane. (Click the Value column to show an input field, a list box, or a switchable value.)

The controls in the upper-right corner of the DMSII Properties pane change the way properties are displayed within the pane.

DMSII Counters

(Client Console only) Shows counters based on incremental statistics that the client accumulates while processing audit files. These are shown after the current audit file is processed.

At the bottom of the chart, AFN and ABSN data identifies the audit file and the audit block that are currently being processed. A scroll bar lets you navigate counters for previously processed audit files. Only non-zero values are graphed in the chart. The AFN and ABSN data at the bottom of the chart identifies the data set.

Lag Time

(Client Console only) The elapsed time between when an update is applied in the DMSII database and when the update appears in the relational database. The plotted value is the difference between the current time and the approximate timestamp of the update in the audit file.

From the Lag Time pane menu, click Client Status Options to modify the number of charted data points and the frequency with which the Client is queried for status updates. Data is saved on a per-run basis. Save the statistics used to generate the chart into a CSV (comma delimited) file by clicking Export Statistics. To see the statistics for another run, select that run in the Explorer pane.

Performance Statistics

(Client Console only) Shows raws statistics based on unsolicited messages the client sends at the end of audit files. The Client log pane shows edited forms of these statistics.

Properties

(Client Console only) Shows the properties of an item selected in the Explorer pane. The type of item that's selected determines the properties, values, and options that appear in this pane.

Relational

and Relational Properties

(Client Configurator only) The Relational pane shows the data tables and columns as they are mapped in the relational database.

The Relational Properties pane shows properties for the selected items. From this pane, you can modify data types and table and column names.

NOTE:To customize the layout of the relational database, use the DMSII Properties pane.

Task Time

(Client Console only) The AFN and ABSN data at the bottom of the chart identifies the audit file and the audit block that are currently being processed. A pie chart represents the percentage of time spent on each task the client performed when processing the current audit file.