Active Workload History Page
Note: Available for Oracle 10g and later.
Active Workload History stores snapshots of the Active Session History Page data on disk. The data in Active Workload History covers a longer period than that available in the Active Session History, but contains less detailed information.
To open the Active Workload History page
- Select the Spotlight on Oracle RAC connection in the Spotlight Browser.
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Click Cluster | Overhead Page | Active Workload History.
Note: Click Activity | Waiting Events Page to show wait events in other categories.
Note: This page is initially disabled. Licensed users of the Oracle Diagnostic Pack can enable this page, and the related Active Session History page, to view historical information on user sessions.
Find out more about the Oracle Diagnostic Pack from the Oracle Database Help Center | Licensing Information book | Options and Packs.
To enable these drilldowns:
- Close Spotlight.
- Open the text file DataBasesLicensedForDiagnosticsPack.txt in the Plugins\COP sub-folder of the Spotlight installation folder.
- To activate the Active Session History and Active Workload History pages for Spotlight on Oracle, remove the comment indicator before the line MyDatabase.SoO.
- To activate the Active Session History and Active Workload History pages for Spotlight on Oracle RAC, remove the comment indicator before the line MyCluster.SoRAC.
- Save the edited text file.
- Restart Spotlight.
Grid: Who has waited on the event historically
This table shows the following historical details for user sessions that have waited.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
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User Name |
User name for a session. |
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Program |
The name of the operating system program that the session was running during the time waited. |
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Module |
The name of the module being executed during the time waited. |
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Action |
The name of the action being executed during the time waited. |
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Object Name |
The object that the session was referencing during the time waited. |
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Time waited (ms) |
The total amount of time the session has waited, measured in milliseconds. |
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Waits PCT |
The percentage of wait time that the session spent waiting for the event. |
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Waits |
The total number of waits for the session. |
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SQL Text |
The SQL statement that the session was executing at the time of the wait. Note: When the SQL Text column is empty, the SQL statement for the session was no longer in cache at the time the snapshot was taken. Possible causes for this may include:
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Note: Not all columns are visible by default. Use the Column Organizer to view hidden columns. Show, Hide & Order Columns