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CHARn Operands—Specify Plot Characters

Use the CHAR1 operand to specify the character used to plot the resource specified by an ID option. Use the CHAR2 operand to specify the character used to plot global activity.

Example: CHARn Operand

The following commands plot the usage of transaction PSPI using the character P and the usage of all transactions using plus signs (+):

PLOT TRAN USE TRANID(PSPI) CHAR1(P) CHAR2(+)
  FROM 12/07/08 01:00:00
  TO   12/07/08 09:00:00
  EACH HOUR
END
RUN

A report like the following is generated:

SHIFT  NONE
EACH   HOUR                                             TRANSACTION COUNT
PERIOD NONE
                  0     22.80     45.60     68.40     91.20     114.0     136.8     159.6     182.4     205.2     228.0    P    +
                  +.........+.........+.........+.........+.........+.........+.........+.........+.........+.........+
12/07/08 01.00.00 .PPPP++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++   .         .         .         .         .         .     9  105
         02.00.00 .PPPPPPPPPPPPP++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++    .         .         .         .    29  149
         03.00.00 .PPPP++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++   .         .         .         .     9  151
         04.00.00 .PPPPPPP++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++    .         .    17  194
         05.00.00 .PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++    72   22
         06.00.00 .PPPP++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++         .         .         .         .         .         .     8   92
         07.00.00 .PPPPPPPPPPPP++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++       .         .         .         .         .    28  119
         08.00.00 .PPPPPPP++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++  .         .         .         .         .         .         .    17   84
SUMMARY:          .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .         . SUMMARY:
         RANGE:   .PPPPPPPPPP+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++        .         .         .         .    23  140
                  +.........+.........+.........+.........+.........+.........+.........+.........+.........+.........+
                  0     22.80     45.60     68.40     91.20     114.0     136.8     159.6     182.4     205.2     228.0    P     +
SYMBOLS:  “P” =  TRANSACTION COUNT                     “+” =  GLOBAL TRANSACTION COUNT