|The accounting table is used by the Tracker tool when used to display or |analyze historical job data. In order to use Tracker, the administrator |must first use Query Administrator to change the Accounting Status on the |System Administrator panel to Write To Table. Then, whenever a job |completes, extra information is saved in a job accounting table.
|Next, the administrator must log on to the Query Patroller server as user |iwm and run the iwm_tracker (Tracker backend) tool. This tool should |be run periodically when the system load is low, or just before when the |Tracker tool is used.
|Finally, when these two tasks are completed, you can run the Tracker GUI |tool to view or analyze the job data.
|If the cost factor is one, which is the default, then the cost displayed |for each job using the Tracker is the same value as the cost displayed using |Query Monitor. In both cases, the time is in timerons.
|However, you may want to use other units of value. Suppose you want |to bill each user for their use of the system. If, for example, the |charge is one dollar for 10 000 timerons of work, then you would |enter a cost factor of 0.0001. This has the Tracker converting, |storing, and displaying each job's cost in dollars.
|The Query Patroller Administration Guide discusses dollars per |megabyte which is incorrect and should be replaced by dollars per |timeron.