Spotlight on Oracle 10.8 - Getting Started Guide

Data Refresh Rates

Data is collected from monitored connections at foreground rate or background rate. Use this page to quantify foreground rate and background rate.

To set the rate at which data is collected

1. Select View | Options.
2. Select Data Collection | Data refresh rates.

3. Set values as appropriate.

   Option	Description
   Collect data at the following rate when it is being displayed	Enter a value. This value quantifies the foreground rate. While you are viewing a page in a Spotlight window, Spotlight collects the data that is displayed at the foreground rate.
   Collect data at the following rate when it is being collected in the background	Enter a value. This value quantifies the background rate. Data that is reported in a hidden window is collected at the background rate.

Note: To improve the performance overhead for individual Spotlight connections, you can vary the data collection rates for a connection as a whole, or for individual components within that connection.

• Connection Properties - Overhead Page
• Component Properties - Overhead Page

Related Topics

Spotlight Options Dialog

Alarm smoothing

Metrics Dialog