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Analyze Contributors

After you have created a TSF chart, use Contributors to perform the following actions:

• Break down a base entity to show the contributors to metric values.
• Compare and chart different or new contributors.

Use the TSF contributors feature to analyze what contributed to the metric values shown for a base entity. This action lets you drill deeper into performance data. For example, if your base entity shows high CPU, you can identify which contributor is having the most impact.

Follow these steps:

1. Access an existing TSF chart.
2. Select an entity from the Contributors drop-down list, and click Contributors.

   The Entities panel becomes the Base Entity panel and shows the component parts that contribute to the selected entity.

3. Click the Contributor Type drop-down list, and select a type to analyze.

   The list of available contributors for the selected type and metric appears. The contributors are sorted in descending order based on the metric being charted. When multiple metrics are charted, the contributor is sorted and based on the first metric selected and charted.

   Note: If the Base Entity is fully qualified (does not have any available contributors to the metric), the Contributor Type list is empty. No further analysis is possible.

4. Select the applicable contributors, and click Perform Charting.

   The chart shows the base entity plotted with the new contributor plots.