Strength.
Strategy.
Stability.
The Application
Profiler
Introduction- Dan Foreman
Progress User since 1984 (V2.1)
Guest speaker at lots of conferences dating
back to 1990
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Introduction- Dan Foreman
Author of:
Progress Performance Tuning Guide
Progress Database Admin Guide
Progress System Tables Guide
ProMonitor - Database Monitoring Tool
Pro Dump&Load - Dump/Load with very
short downtime no matter how large the
DB is
Balanced Benchmark – Progress load
testing & simulation tool
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Disclaimers
I use the term 4GL not ABL
The code examples in this presentation
are character style (i.e. non-OO) because
it makes it easier to use a larger font and
fit the example on a slide
The Application Profiler (AP) is not
supported by PSC
However I have never heard of anyone
having issues with it
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History
Added by Tim Sargent in 1999
Initial Version - Progress V8.2A
Still works as of V11.0
However the AP has not, to my
knowledge, been enhanced in any
meaningful way since V9
Initially used a ‘zecret’ startup option
(-zprofile)
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AP Basics
Old Location:
$DLC/src/samples/profiler
Current Location: “Documentation CD”
Excellent documentation (readme.doc)
by the author
Requires a GUI (prowin32.exe) license
to use the supplied code
But the code being profiled doesn’t
need to be GUI code
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AP Replacement
An updated version of the AP called
“Profiler Control Tool” is available on
Progress Communities:
http://communities.progress.com/pcom/docs/DOC-2808
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What Is Application Profiling?
“A performance profiler is a common
and useful tool for a software developer.
In brief, a profiler provides a “profile” of
a particular execution. A profiler
generally provides timing information
and call-tree information; with that, an
engineer can analyze where their
program is spending most of its time
and what part of the application is
calling what other part of the
application.”
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AP Basics
Two Main Parts
Generating the Profiling Statistics
Analyzing the Profiling Statistics
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AP Getting Started
Client Startup Option:
-profile <profiler-config-file-name>
Minimum entry in the Config file is:
-filename <name-of-output-file-for-stats>
There is also a PROFILER System
Handle that can be used to specify the
equivalents of the command line
options
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Other AP Options
-listings <directory> will attempt to
create COMPILE DEBUG-LISTINGs for
the code being Profiled IF the source
code is available in PROPATH
This is a highly recommended option
But if the PROPATH for the Client
(probably using R-code) being
profiled is different than the
PROPATH for the source…watch out
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AP Raw Data
1 05/06/2012 "Generic" 13:47:22 "Dan"
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10 "promon-b.p" "c:\pm\profiler\src\dbg_promon-b_09a01752" 13292
8 "promon-a.p" "c:\pm\profiler\src\dbg_promon-a_07a01752" 35434
3 "promon2.p" "c:\pm\profiler\src\dbg_promon2_02a01752" 178
5 "promon-k.p" "c:\pm\profiler\src\dbg_promon-k_04a01752" 35250
12 "promon-n.p" "c:\pm\profiler\src\dbg_promon-n_0ba01752" 384
2 "val-key.p" "c:\pm\profiler\src\dbg_val-key_01a01752" 35537
1 "promon1.p" "c:\pm\profiler\src\dbg_promon1_00a01752" 51724
4 "promon-g.p" "c:\pm\profiler\src\dbg_promon-g_03a01752" 15680
6 "promon-c1.p" "c:\pm\profiler\src\dbg_promon-c1_05a01752" 63219
.
3 544 5 2
0 0 1 1
3 2491 11 1
1 750 3 1
…
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Samples
Load the Profiling Data
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Samples
Session Data
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Other Stuff
Statistics don’t include “User Think
Time”
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Other Related Diagnostic Tools
_UserTableStat – Table I/O by Client
Find out what Database I/O is being
performed by the profiled code
Won’t identify TEMP-TABLE I/O
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Other Related Diagnostic Tools
Client Log Manager
Basic Client Startup Options:
-clientlog query.txt
-logentrytypes QryInfo
-logginglevel 3
Or use the LOG-MANAGER System
Handle
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Client Log Sample
QRYINFO
QRYINFO
QRYINFO
QRYINFO
QRYINFO
QRYINFO
QRYINFO
QRYINFO
QRYINFO
QRYINFO
QRYINFO
QRYINFO
QRYINFO
QRYINFO
QRYINFO
QRYINFO
QRYINFO
QRYINFO
QRYINFO
QRYINFO
Query Plan: C:\protmp\tmp\p91026_Untitled1.ped line 1
QueryId: 0x2cdb8e0
Type: FOR Statement
Client Sort: N
Scrolling: N
Table: ../s2k.Customer
Indexes: CustNum
Query Statistics: C:\protmp\tmp\p91026_Untitled1.ped line 1
QueryId: 0x2cdb8e0
DB Blocks accessed:
../s2k : 2310
DB Reads:
Table: ../s2k.Customer : 1117
Index: Customer.CustNum : 1118
../s2k.Customer Table:
4GL Records: 676
Records from server: 676
Useful: 676
Failed: 0
Select By Client: N
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Other Related Diagnostic Tools
-zqil
Zecret Query Info Log
Client Startup Option
Output written to Database .lg file
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Example #1
One Index w/3 fields (f1+f2+f3)
for each table
where f1 = v1
and
f2 = v2
and
f3 = v3
-zqil Output
==Compiled Query Resolution Method:
Query No. 1== (6135)
21:21:24 INDEX 28 3 3 EQUALITY (6157)
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Example #2
One Index w/3 fields (f1+f2+f3)
for each table
where f1 = v1
and
f2 <> v2
and
f3 = v3
-zqil Output
==Compiled Query Resolution Method:
Query No. 1== (6135)
21:21:24 INDEX 28 1 1 EQUALITY (6157)
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Conclusion
Questions?
Thank you for coming!
Dan Foreman
danf@prodb.com
Mobile: +1 541 908 3437
www.bravepoint.com
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