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Threshold Levels and Report Intervals

You can generate records for all of the users by changing the threshold value to zero. This gives you a cutoff value for CPU usage at the end of the day.

Creating reports at intervals during the day is useful if the system fails. There will still be CPU usage information available.

Setting a minimum threshold level obtains update information for the heavy CPU users. Time is not wasted generating incremental reports for users who use little or no CPU time.