SSAS 2012: Collect the Number of Database Blocked Sessions

Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.PerformanceRule.MultidimensionalDatabase.NumberOfBlockedSessions (Rule)

The rule collects the number of sessions that are currently blocked.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

The rule collects the number of sessions that are currently blocked.

External

Disconnect Users and Sessions on Analysis Services Server

TechNet documentation for DISCOVER_SESSSIONS rowset

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.MultidimensionalDatabase
Category	PerformanceCollection
Enabled	True
Alert Generate	False
Remotable	True

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.DataSource.BlockedSessions	Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.RunAsProfile.ASMonitoring
Mapper	ConditionDetection	System.Performance.DataGenericMapper	Default
WriteToDatabase	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData	Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.RunAsProfile.ASMonitoring
WriteToDW	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData	Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.RunAsProfile.ASMonitoring

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.PerformanceRule.MultidimensionalDatabase.NumberOfBlockedSessions" Enabled="true" Target="SQLAS!Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.MultidimensionalDatabase" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.DataSource.BlockedSessions" RunAs="SQLAS!Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.RunAsProfile.ASMonitoring">

      <ServiceName>$Target/Host/Property[Type='SQLAS!Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.Instance']/ServiceName$</ServiceName>

      <ConnectionString>$Target/Host/Property[Type='SQLAS!Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.Instance']/ConnectionString$</ConnectionString>

      <DatabaseName>$Target/Property[Type="SQLAS!Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.Database"]/DatabaseName$</DatabaseName>

      <WaitMinutes>0</WaitMinutes>

      <IntervalSeconds>900</IntervalSeconds>

      <SyncTime/>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <ConditionDetection ID="Mapper" TypeID="SystemPerf!System.Performance.DataGenericMapper">

    <ObjectName>Multidimensional Database</ObjectName>

    <CounterName>Number of Blocked Sessions</CounterName>

    <InstanceName>$Target/Property[Type="SQLAS!Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.Database"]/DatabaseName$</InstanceName>

    <Value>$Data/Property[@Name='BlockedSPIDCount']$</Value>

  </ConditionDetection>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="WriteToDatabase" TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData" RunAs="SQLAS!Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.RunAsProfile.ASMonitoring"/>

    <WriteAction ID="WriteToDW" TypeID="SCDW!Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData" RunAs="SQLAS!Microsoft.SQLServer.2012.AnalysisServices.RunAsProfile.ASMonitoring"/>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>