Default Parameters for MSSQLAMDXTest

This test monitors MDX query execution plans and reports the count of cell-by-cell, bulk-mode, and subcube evaluation nodes built by these plans. This way, administrators can figure out if there are any queries that use the expensive cell-by-cell mode, and may hence require fine-tuning. The test also tracks the hits and misses experienced by the caches of the cell-by-cell and bulk-mode evaluation nodes, and alerts administrators to poor cache usage. This way, by monitoring factors that may impact MDX query performance, this test provides administrators with useful pointers for improving query performance.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the MSSQLAMDXTest.

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed.

• The name of a specific SQL Analysis Services Server instance to be monitored. The default value of this parameter is default. However, if the Microsoft SQL Server hosting SSAS uses named instances, then do the following:

  • Configure the Instance parameter with the name of the SQL Server instance that hosts SSAS.
  • Do not change the default value of the Port parameter.

• Specify the SSAS version being monitored. By default, 11 is displayed here, indicating that version 11 of SSAS is monitored by default.

• Once the above values are provided, click on the UPDATE button to register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz*” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.