Modifying Profiler Settings
You can use the Profiler Settings dialog box to modify Profiler database settings and default settings for application volume tracking reports.
Figure 1 shows the New Preferences dialog box, where you can modify Profiler default settings.
Figure 1: New Preferences Dialog Box

To modify Profiler database and application volume tracking settings:
- From the NSM main menu, select Tools > Preferences.
- Click Profiler Settings.
- Modify settings as described in Table 1.
- Click OK.
Table 1: Profiler Settings
Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Profiler | |
Purge profiler database if size exceeds | Default is 1000 MB. |
Max profiler database size after purging | Default is 750 MB. |
Profiler query timeout | Default is 120 seconds. |
Hour of day to perform database optimization | Default is 00:00 GMT. |
| AVT View Settings | |
Number of sessions to display per application | Determines the number of sessions displayed in the Application Profiler application volume tracking session tables. Default is 10 sessions. You can specify from 5 to 10,000 sessions. |
Hours of session data to display from present time | Determines the hours of application volume tracking data displayed in the Application Profiler tab session tables. Default is 1 hour. You can specify from 1 to 24 hours. This setting is also a data retention policy. By default, data older than 1 hour is deleted. If you change to 12 hours, data older than 12 hours is deleted. |

