- CPU seconds consumed
- Number of read/write (I/O) operations generated
DBC.AMPUsage uses the DBC.Acctg table to provide aggregated information by username, account ID, and AMP. Updates to the table are made periodically during each AMP step on each processor affected by the step. (This means if there are long-running steps, AMPUsage numbers show large increases periodically, instead of continuous incremental additions.) The data is collected and continually added to what is already in the table until you reset the counters to zero (see Resetting the Resource Usage Counters).
- Bill an account for system resource use.
- Determine what resources were used, by user and account string, after hours as well as during the day.
- Summarize and archive the information, then zero it out on a per shift, per day, or per week basis.
- Determine which session caused reduced performance (in-depth analysis can be performed with DBQL data).
- Derive capacity needs to plan for expansion.
DBC.AmpUsage does not record the activity of parsing the query, or of processing on a query basis.
You can use query logging to capture query text, step information, and elapsed processing time, and to differentiate queries submitted by SQL-generating products that do not provide a variety of user IDs and account ids in the logon string. For instructions and a description of the data capture options, see Tracking Query Behavior with Database Query Logging: Operational DBAs.
Use Teradata Viewpoint for a look at up-to-the-moment activity in real-time.
Example: Totaling CPU Time and I/O by User
This SQL statement requests totals for CPU time and I/O for user DBA01.
The totals are aggregates of all resources.
SELECT UserName (FORMAT 'X (16)') ,AccountName (FORMAT 'X (12)') ,SUM (CpuTime) ,SUM (DiskIO) FROM DBC.AMPUsage WHERE UserName = 'DBA01' GROUP BY 1, 2 ORDER BY 3 DESC ;
For this example, AMPUsage returns the following rows:
UserName AccountName SUM (CpuTime) SUM (DiskIO) -------- -------------- ------------- ------------ DBA01 $M2$ABCD&D&H 6,336.76 505,636 DBA01 $M2$EFGH&D&H 4,387.14 303,733 DBA01 $M2$IJKL&D&H 1.28 166
For detailed information on these and all the system views, see Teradata Vantage™ - Data Dictionary, B035-1092. For more information on how to use DBC.AMPUsage and other views to find problems and improve performance, see ASE Impact on PE and AMP Performance.