Description and purpose of parameters

Table 1 shows an overview of parameters which you can specify in the query string of the request. The remainder of this topic describes the parameters in detail.

Table 1. Request parameters
Parameter Purpose
Parameters for Monitor III and CIM requests
resource Monitor III resource identifier
id metric identifier associated with the resource
range start and end time of data interval
filter filter string
workscope workscope specification
name name of list element
listtype type of list element
Parameters for Postprocessor requests
reports list of Postprocessor report names
date start and end date of the reporting period for the requested Postprocessor report(s)
duration interval length for the requested Postprocessor duration report(s)
timeofday start and end time of the reporting period for each day in the reporting period
sysid system name for single system reports
overview list of control statements for the Overview report
timeout timeout period in seconds for the completion of Postprocessor jobs