Measures reported by SPDLListsTest
Document libraries are collections of files that you can share with team members on a Web based on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. For example, you can create a library of common documents for a project, and team members can use their Web browsers to find the files, read them, and make comments. Users with Microsoft Office 2003 can check out and edit the files as if they resided on a local or network drive.
A list in SharePoint is used to store data across columns in separate rows. You can think of a list as a table in a database that will have columns and rows. You can think of a list as a table in a database that will have columns and rows. You can also think of it as a spreadsheet with columns and rows. Items such as issues, software bugs, employee addresses, phone numbers, web site links or pretty much anything else can be stored.
To ensure that all the web applications deployed on the Sharepoint farm have adequate storage resources at their disposal, administrators must make sure that document libraries and lists used by the web applications do not grow uncontrollably, both in number and in size. For this, administrators must keep a close watch on the growth of the document libraries and lists. This is where the SPDLListsTest test helps!
This test reports the total number of document libraries and lists created on Sharepoint, tracks the rate at which these numbers are growing, and promptly alerts administrators to an abnormal increase in the number of document libraries and lists. In addition, the test also measures the size of document libraries from time to time, and intimates administrators if the size increases unexpectedly! The detailed diagnosis of this test also reports the top-10 document libraries and lists in terms of size, thus leading administrators to those libraries and lists that could be draining the storage resources of Sharepoint.
The measures made by this test are as follows:
| Measurement |
Description |
Measurement Unit |
Interpretation |
| Documentlib_count |
Indicates the total number of document libraries on the Sharepoint server. |
Number |
A consistent increase in the value of this measure could indicate that new document libraries are regularly created on Sharepoint. You may want to check how much space these new libraries are consuming to understand the true impact of this addition on storage resources.
You can use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to identify the top-10 document libraries in terms of size - i.e., space usage. |
| Doc_in_doclib_count |
Indicates the total number of documents in all document libraries on Sharepoint. |
Number |
A consistent increase in the value of this measure could indicate the influx of new documents into existing document libraries or the creation of new libraries with a new set of documents. You may want to check how much space these new documents are consuming to understand the true impact of this addition on storage resources. |
| Documentlib_size |
Indicates the total size of all the document libraries on Sharepoint. |
MB |
A consistent increase in the value of this measure could be attributed to the addition of new document libraries, new documents, and large-sized documents. |
| Avg_docs_per_doclib |
Indicates the average number of documents per library. |
Number |
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| Doclib_growth_rate |
Indicates the percentage growth in the number of document libraries handled by Sharepoint, since the last measurement period. |
Percent |
A consistent increase in the value of this measure could indicate that new document libraries are regularly created on Sharepoint. You may want to check how much space these new libraries are consuming to understand the true impact of this addition on storage resources. |
| List_count |
Indicates the number of lists on Sharepoint. |
Number |
A consistent increase in the value of these measures could indicate that new lists are regularly created on Sharepoint. You may want to check how much space these new lists are consuming to understand the true impact of this addition on storage resources. You can use the detailed diagnosis of the Lists measure to identify the top-10 Sharepoint lists in terms of size - i.e., space usage. |
| Lists_growth_rate |
Indicates the percentage growth in the number if lists on Sharepoint, since the last measurement period. |
Number |
| Attachment_count |
Indicates the number of attachments on Sharepoint. |
Number |
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