Specifying Your Preferences for the Data Preparation Interface

The data preparation interface stores the parameters for performance monitoring in user preferences. To set the performance monitoring parameters:
  1. Select Filethen selectPreferences to open the Preferences dialog box.
  2. Select SAS Visual Analyticsthen selectApplication Server.
    Select a SAS Application Server to use from the menu. If you have added SAS Application Server instances to your deployment, make sure that Job Execution Services has been configured to use the application server. For more information, see SAS Intelligence Platform: Middle-Tier Administration Guide.
  3. Select SAS Visual Analyticsthen selectManage Environment. Enter values for the following preferences:
    Parameter
    Sample Value
    Description
    Resource monitor sample rate (ms)
    1000
    Specify the sampling rate that the resource monitor uses for polling the machines in the cluster.
    Process monitor sample rate (ms)
    6000
    Specify the sampling rate that the performance monitor uses for polling application instances.
    Show the processes that measure performance
    Selected
    By default, the processes that measure performance are filtered from the graphs in the Process monitor. However, if several instances of the processes that measure performance are running, they can reduce performance. By selecting the check box, you can view and monitor the processes that measure performance.
  4. Click OK to apply your changes.
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