This page allows you to enable/disable Dell System Analysis feature as well as view previously generated reports.
When enabled, the System Analysis feature collects system configuration information as well as sub-system usage data in the background. The System Analysis feature reports contain data such as Fan speed, Thermal data, Battery usage, Processor Utilization etc. over a period of time. These reports can help you understand the behavior of your specific system under the operating environment that was present when the report was running.
Options | Description |
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Report Frequency | This setting controls how often reports are generated. Daily reports are generated whenever the system date changes which may be a period less than 24 hours. The report frequency period does not include the time your system spends in Sleep/Hibernate/Shutdown states. |
Stop Tracking After | This setting controls how many reports are generated before the System Analysis feature gets disabled automatically. E.g. If you configure the system with a Report Frequency of 10 hours and Stop Tracking after 3 Report(s), then you should expect to see your first report after 10 hours. Two new reports should be seen every 10 hours after the first one. System Analysis should stop after three reports are generated. |
Select System Data To Track | This set of check boxes allows you to choose the sub-systems that the System Analysis feature collects data from. By default all sub-systems are selected. |
The following screenshot shows how the GUI will look once you have enabled the System Analysis feature to generate one report after 24–hours.
If there is more than one report ready on your system, you can select the report to view by clicking on the ← and → arrows on the left side of the page. The right side of the page displays detailed information and graphs from the selected report. The bottom left side of this page displays a tree view of the report. Clicking on any of the nodes of the tree takes you directly to the corresponding section of the report.
This page also shows you if there are any previously generated reports available for you to view. Click on “… Reports Ready” to view these System Analysis Reports.
All graphs on the X-axis show the range of data or specific value collected for the given system parameter. The Y-axis displays the percentage of time the given range (or specific value) was found during the report interval. E.g. In the above report for Temperature (Location Memory), the graph shows the range of temperature in degree Celsius on the X-axis whereas the Y-axis shows the percentage of time the temperature was found to be in the range, say 30-40 C.