AutoCollect Process › Creating the Delta Rowsets

Creating the Delta Rowsets

Once the snapshots are collected and stored in the AutoCollect snapshot database, execute an AutoCollect function to convert the Snapshot rowsets into Delta rowsets. A Delta rowset represents the resources consumed by the MUF between two snapshots. The delta creation process creates a delta for each interval (between two snapshots) and one delta from the beginning of MUF to the last snapshot. Because these deltas are created as part of the standard AutoCollect system, they are called system created deltas.

In addition to the system created delta rowsets, you can create additional delta rowsets that are created by combining or averaging existing deltas (both system and user created). Each of these user created delta rowsets are discussed in detail next.

The AutoCollect process also includes functions to extract the delta data into a file format acceptable as input to various spreadsheet products such as MS Excel.