You can monitor system performance using metrics in Cognos Administration, which allows you to diagnose and fix problems quickly. For example, you may want to know if there are more than 50 items in a queue or if any item has been waiting in a queue for longer than a specified amount of time.
You must have the required permissions to access Cognos Administration functionality. For more information, see Secured Functions and Features.
You can assess the status of the system as a whole, along
with the status of individual servers, dispatchers, and services 
.
You can view the attributes for each metric score , and
set the threshold values that are used to calculate metric scores .
You can apply the same threshold setting to multiple entries .
You can also reset metrics and refresh report service connections .
You can perform functions such as starting and stopping
dispatchers or services , unregistering dispatchers ,
and refreshing report service connections . You can also use log files to analyze long-range
performance and usage .
You can create a metric dump file for troubleshooting purposes. For more information, see Metric Dump File.
