You can monitor system performance using metrics in IBM Cognos Administration, which allows you to diagnose and fix problems quickly. For example, you may want to know if there are more than 50 items in a queue or if any item has been waiting in a queue for longer than a specified amount of time.
You must have the required permissions to access IBM Cognos Administration functionality Secured Functions and Features.
You can assess the status of the system as a whole, along
with the status of individual servers, dispatchers, and services 
. You
can view the attributes for each metric score, set the threshold
values that
are used to calculate metric scores , and reset metrics . You can also perform functions such as starting
and stopping dispatchers or services , and unregistering dispatchers .
You can use log files to analyze long-range performance
and usage .
You can create a metric dump file for troubleshooting purposes Metric Dump File.
