Running a database analysis
A database analysis reveals changes in documents, user activity, and other details such as replication data.
Procedure
- From the Domino® Administrator, select the server that stores the database you want to analyze.
- Click the Files tab.
- Select the folder containing the database you want to analyze.
- In the files window, select the database you want to analyze.
- In the Tools pane, select Database > Analyze.
- In the Analyze last x days of activity field, enter a number that represents how many days' worth of information to report. You can specify up to 99; the higher the number, the longer it takes to generate the results.
- Select one or more of the remaining options from the following
table.
Table 1. Database analysis options Option Reports Changes in: Data documents Details of document additions, edits, and deletions Changes in: Design documents Changes to the database ACL and design User activity: User reads Total times users opened documents in the database Total times servers read documents
User activity: User writes Total times users and servers created, modified, or deleted documents Total number of mail messages delivered to the database
Replication: Find replicas on other servers Data for other replicas Replication: Replication history Successful replications of a database as reported in the database replication history In logfile: Miscellaneous Events view Events relating to this database, as recorded in the Miscellaneous Events view of the log file In logfile: Database usage view Database activity, as recorded in the Usage > By User view of the log file - Click Results, specify any of the
following, then click OK.
- If allowed in the context, select one of the following
options:Note: In some contexts, you make this choice in a preceding dialog box instead of in the Results Database dialog box.
- Overwrite database – Deletes any existing results database and creates a new one.
- Append to this database – Adds new results data to the database that was already specified.
- Select the server on which you want the results database
to reside.Tip: It is recommended that you create the results database on a local client rather than on a server. If multiple people generate results databases on a server, they should each specify a different file name so the results do not conflict.
- Modify the database title if you do not want to use the default title.
- Modify the database filename if you do not want to use the default filename.
- If allowed in the context, click the folder icon to change the drive and/or directory in which the database is stored.
- If allowed in the context, select one of the following
options:
- Click OK to run the analysis.
- To see the results, open the database and choose one of the available views.
- Open Database Analysis Results documents in the selected view.