Analyzing Steps Metrics

You are already familiar with the Step Metrics tab, which shows statistics for each step in your Transformation. There are some columns that we haven't mentioned until now, which are useful to monitor the performance:

STEP METRIC

DESCRIPTION

Time

The time of execution of the step

Speed (r/s)

The processing speed in rows per second

input/output

The number of rows in the input and output buffer relative to the step

The first two metrics are self-explanatory. The input/output field requires an extra explanation. This field shows the number of rows in the buffers entering and coming out of the current step.

The input and output buffers have a maximum size defined in the Miscellaneous tab in ...

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