This screen shows a customized display of any of the base statistics information (for example, non-by-area and non-per- process statistics). The size of your Custom Statistics display determines the number of statistics fields you can add to the display. The header and horizontal menu take up eight lines of the Custom Statistics display; you can add a statistics field on each of the remaining lines, up to a maximum of 36 different fields. Each statistics field is placed on a separate line of the display. The Custom Statistics screen is an ordinary screen; information can be displayed graphically as a histogram or in numeric tabular format. Also, the Time_plot and X_plot options are available for any of the selected statistics fields. Initially, the Custom Statistics screen contains two statistics: database binds and transactions. These statistics can be moved, removed, replaced, or annotated. There are two different methods available to populate the Custom Statistics display: fields can either be Yanked from an existing statistics display and implicitly Put on the Custom Statistics display or you can manually create a statistics field. Oracle Corporation recommends using the Yank and Put method, which is easier. To Yank and Put a statistics field, use the Yank menu option on the statistics display page containing the statistics field you wish to select. The Yank menu option is not available in the Custom Statistics display. When you select the Yank option by pressing Y, a menu of the selectable fields is displayed; this menu is similar to the Help on fields menu. Select the letter of the statistics field you want to yank and that field will automatically appear on the Custom Statistics display. Note that once you select a particular statistics field, you cannot select it again unless you first delete it from the Custom Statistics display. This means that the field selection menu changes every time you select a field. The selected field will be positioned on the first available row of the Custom Statistics display. You cannot specify the row of the Custom Statistics display on which the field will be placed using the Yank and Put method. However, once the field has been put on the Custom Statistics display, you can change the position of that field. The Yank and Put menu will automatically be canceled when you have selected all the available statistics field on any given display or when there are no more fields available on the Custom Statistics display. For more advanced users, you can also manually create a statistics field. On the Custom Statistics display, you can use the Config menu option to explicitly enter the index of the specific statistics field, numbered from 1 to 1020. These indexes are documented in the text file SYS$LIBRARY:RMU$SHOW_ STATISTICS.CDO (if you have installed multiple versions of Oracle Rdb on your system, the text file is named SYS$LIBRARY:RMU$SHOW_ STATISTICSvv.CDO, where vv is the Oracle Rdb software version). When selecting statistics files manually, the keyboard will beep if you specify the index of an existing statistics field. However, no error message is displayed. When you select the configuration menu by typing C on the Custom Statistics screen, the configuration submenu will be displayed. The configuration submenu allows you to add, delete, move, annotate, and compress statistics fields on the Custom Statistics screen. The configuration menu varies according to the state of the Custom Statistics screen but typically all of the following options are displayed: o Add a statistics field When you select the Add menu option, you are prompted to select the screen position where you want to place the statistics field, the index of the statistics field, and the title of the statistics field. The title you specify is then appended with the respective index, in brackets, to show which statistics have been manually selected. This option is extremely useful for tracking statistics values that are not normally displayed. For instance, the statistics field that tracks the total number of bytes of VM allocated is not actually displayed by any Performance Monitor screen. However, you can select index number 16 and the number of bytes of VM allocated is displayed on the Custom Statistics screen. o Delete a statistics field When you select the Delete menu option, you are prompted to select the statistics field you wish to delete. o Move a statistics field When you select the Move menu option, you are prompted to select the statistics field to be moved and the screen position where the selected field will be displayed. o Annotate a statistics field When you select the Annotate configuration menu option, you will be prompted to select the statistics field to be annotated. You will then be prompted to enter a new name for the selected statistics field. Once you have annotated a statistic field name, you cannot retrieve the original name unless you delete the statistic field and re-yank it on to the Custom Statistics screen. o Compress the display Selecting the Compress menu option eliminates all intervening blank lines on the screen. This option is particularly useful after deleting one or more statistics fields.