SQL Server Database Engine Counters

Microsoft.SQLServer.Windows.Views.Report.DatabaseCounters (LinkedReport)

SQL Server Database Engine Counter Analysis Report

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

How does this report work?

The SQL Database Engine Counters report displays one chart with these performance items:

Number of Deadlocks Per Second
Lock Timeouts Per Second
Transactions Per Second
SQL Re-compilations Per Second
SQL Compilations Per Second
Buffer Cache Hit Ratio

When choosing objects to run this report against be aware of the following

The report will only show data for classes of type "MSSQL on Windows: DB Engine" that represent SQL on Windows installations.
The most direct way to run this report against all SQL DB Engine instances is to click "Add Group..." and to select the "MSSQL on Windows: SQL Server Computers"
You can also use the "Add Object..." button to choose particular DB Engine instances that you wish to run the report against, but you will need to know the names of those instances for this report to work.

The report displays for every selected object a separate chart. Data is aggregated to days of a month.

How to use this report?

When run from the Reporting space:

The second column in the search results shows of which type the displayed objects are. Make sure you select objects of type MSSQL on Windows: DB Engine.

When run from the Monitoring space:

Create a state view or performance view by choosing the “MSSQL on Windows: DB Engine” type.

What Parameters are offered?

Date/Time selection: Allows selecting a relative or fixed date and time range and time zone.

Object: Allows adding objects to run this report.

Element properties:

Base	Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.Report.Performance
Target	Microsoft.SQLServer.Windows.DBEngine
Accessibility	Public
Visible	True

Source Code:

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