Skip to main content

Export Your Performance Monitor Data to Excel

By
Updated: 2016MAY04

 To clarify when this functionality is available, you can only save the view when you are viewing a Data Collection Set.  The "live" data cannot be saved in this way.

Performance Monitor in Windows Server give us the ability to see when our servers are having some issues.  Analyzing that data into something meaningful can be a problem.  You can export your data to Excel so you can better see what your performance data represents. 
First collect your data.
image
Right click the graph and select Save Data As.
Change the Save as type to Text file (comma delimited)(*.csv).
Give the file a name and save it where you want to store it.
Now open that file on a client with Excel installed on it.  By using excel, you will be able to present the data in a more meaningful format.
Labels:

Comments

Saurabh Sinha said…
Thanks for this post jason, This helped me to analyse my data well
May 1, 2013 at 2:23 PM
Jason Yoder, MCT said…
Saurabh,

Don't forget to look into PowerShell to help you analyze your data.

Jason
May 1, 2013 at 3:41 PM
Anonymous said…
This would've added a lot more value to the internet if you explained how to create a graph from the output data, its not hard to double-click a CSV file.
May 19, 2014 at 12:28 AM
Jason Yoder, MCT said…
Hey Anonymous,

Take a look at Technet or Bing/Google how to use Performance Monitor. Instructions on how to create this information is widely available.

Take care,
Jason
May 19, 2014 at 5:18 AM
Unknown said…
"Save Data As" is disabled. How to enable it?
May 3, 2016 at 10:36 PM
Jason Yoder, MCT said…
The "Save data As" works only with Data Collection Sets, which is one of the features of Performance Monitor. I will update the blog to reflect this. You cannot do it with the live view, but only recorded data.
May 4, 2016 at 8:52 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How to list all the AD LDS instances on a server

By
AD LDS allows you to provide directory services to applications that are free of the confines of Active Directory.  To list all the AD LDS instances on a server, follow this procedure: Log into the server in question Open a command prompt. Type dsdbutil and press Enter Type List Instances and press Enter . You will receive a list of the instance name, both the LDAP and SSL port numbers, the location of the database, and its status.
Post a Comment
Read more

How to run GPResult on a remote client with PowerShell

By
In the past, to run the GPResult command, you would need to either physically visit this client, have the user do it, or use and RDP connection.  In all cases, this will disrupt the user.  First, you need PowerShell remoting enabled on the target machine.  You can do this via Group Policy . Open PowerShell and type this command. Invoke-Command –ScriptBlock {GPResult /r} –ComputerName <ComputerName> Replace <ComputerName> with the name of the target.  Remember, the target needs to be online and accessible to you.
Post a Comment
Read more

Error icon when creating a GPO Preference drive map

By
You may not have an error at all.  Take a look at the drive mapping below. The red triangle is what threw us off.  It is not an error.  It is simply a color representation of the Replace option of the Action field in the properties of the drive mappings. Create action This give you a green triangle. The Create action creates a new mapped drive for users. Replace Action The Replace action gives you a red triangle.  This action will delete and recreate mapped drives for users. The net result of the Replace action is to overwrite all existing settings associated with the mapped drive. If the drive mapping does not exist, then the Replace action creates a new drive mapping. Update Action The Update action will have a yellow triangle. Update will modify settings of an existing mapped drive for users. This action differs from Replace in that it only updates settings defined within the preference item. All other settings remain as configured on the ma...
1 comment
Read more