KnowledgeBase 00046: The Hot Spot Monitor

Last updated: 17 Feb 2017 Applies to: All versions

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This article was originally published as a Tip of the Week.

The Hot Spot Monitor is a tool that enables developers to identify performance bottlenecks in applications.

Monitoring Own Process

The hot spot monitor is enabled with

   HSM ON 

Then, after running the program that is to be analysed, accumulated data can be displayed with

   HSM DISPLAY 

where the DISPLAY keyword is optional. The result is a report such as

Calls..  CP time...  Program 
      1       0.000  !SCREEN 
     13       0.060  $CPROC 
     18       0.000  !PARSER 
      1       0.000  PRINT.DEFERED 
      4       0.010  $SETPTR 
      1       0.000  CHARGE.TOTAL 
     19       0.034  CALC.INVOICE.VALUE 
     24       0.000  ADD.MONTH 
      3       0.000  REVERSE 
      1       0.000  C:\QM\BP.OUT\PROC 
      6      17.040  C:\QM\BP.OUT\FINANCE 
     19      14.010  C:\QM\BP.OUT\INVOICE 
      1       0.800  C:\QM\BP.OUT\CHECK_EX 
      1       0.000  $HSM 

From this example, if we need to improve performance by ten percent, there is little point in looking at anything other than the FINANCE and INVOICE programs.

Displaying accumulated data does not reset the counters. It is therefore possible to repeat the display periodically for a cumulative report. Monitoring is terminated with

   HSM OFF 

after which the accumulated data remains available until the user logs out.

Monitoring Another Process

It is also possible to monitor another process, typically a phantom.

   HSM ON USER n

The accumulated data is displayed using

   HSM DISPLAY USER n

Monitoring can only be terminated from within the monitored process.

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