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Title:	DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:	Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:	TAEC::BEROUD

Created:	Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:	Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	6497
Total number of notes:	27359

436.0. "FCL orders attributes in alphabetic order in case of attribute groups" by ASD::KRISHNA (Ritu) Fri Oct 26 1990 18:03

I am working on TCPIP Performance Analyzer statistics.  I would like to be able
to have two attribute groups: one for TRAFFIC an one for ERROR.   I have added
the two attribute groups in my MSL, but I have a problem.   If I try to get
to the attribute groups from the FCL, it works fine except that the FCL goes and
orders all the statistics in the alphabetical order, that is no good as some
statistics need to be before the others.  I would like to keep the ordering I 
have and not have FCL change it for me. For example:

SNMP altvax TCP
Traffic
AT 26-OCT-1990 14:50:45


                               Duration = 60 Secs
                Inbound Segment Percent = 52.7027 Percent
                   Inbound Segment Rate = 0.65 Segments/Sec
                       Inbound Segments = 39 Segments
  Initially Transmitted Segment Percent = 100 percent
     Initially Transmitted Segment Rate = 0.583333 Segments/Sec
         Initially Transmitted Segments = 35 Segments
               Outbound Segment Percent = 47.2973 Percent
          Retransmitted Segment Percent = 0 Percent
             Retransmitted Segment Rate = 0 Segments/Sec
                 Retransmitted Segments = 0 Segments
                     Total Segment Rate = 1.23333 Segments/Sec
                         Total Segments = 74 Segments
               Transmitted Segment Rate = 0.583333 Segments/Sec
                   Transmitted Segments = 35 Segments


Here I would like to have the "Total *****" right at the end.   It is logically 
better.   The Iconic Map preserves the ordering I have in my MSL.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
436.1	printed in order returned	GOSTE::CALLANDER		`Mon Oct 29 1990 19:55`	8
	FCL prints that data in the order that it is returned. You want it in another order, change the order in the ILV buffer. Since the FCL (unlike the map) only prints what is returned, it assumes that the module returning it knows the order in which it wants it displayed, so it simply opens the ILV buffer and starts to read/decode it. Hope this helps.
436.2	group ALL?	MKNME::DANIELE		`Tue Oct 30 1990 11:30`	8
	> FCL prints that data in the order that it is returned. Not on a request for all attributes. They are displayed alphabetically within each partition. I'm in the dark about group processing by FCL, but if 'all attributes' is just another group, and Ritu is having trouble with group processing...
436.3	I should read with glasses...	GOSTE::CALLANDER		`Tue Oct 30 1990 20:08`	22
	Sorry about that I read the question too quickly. ... So, let's try again. The FCL processes "partitions" and "groups" differently, where "all attributes" is considered a group. The partitions are displayed in the order in which the attributes are returned to the PM. It is done this way to expidite things (since we request information by partitions, the FCL opts not to do additional checking of attribute inclusion within the partition). Since groups come from multiple partitions it is necessary for the FCL to request the partitions in which the attributes are found and to then extract them. This extraction is done based upon the list of attributes defined for the partition. This list is alphabetical by partition. Why and by whom (as in tool) is doing the alphabetizing I don't know, but that is the order in which the FCL is finding the list. I will see if I can find more information on where the alphabetizing is coming from. jill
436.4	MSL Translator does the ordering	TOOK::HAO		`Wed Oct 31 1990 12:49`	6
	FCL gets the list of attributes in a partition out of the ATTRIBUTE_LIST definition in the dictionary. This is an alphabetically ordered list. The MSL Translator is the one who does the ordering. Christine
436.5	qared	TOOK::HAO		`Tue Nov 06 1990 18:17`	5
	The MSL translator has been qared for the behavior specified in -.1. It is qar #193 in the MCC_TOOL qar database. Christine
436.6	already QARed as #192 in MCC_TOOL database	ASD::KRISHNA	Ritu	`Fri Nov 09 1990 15:45`	5
	It has also been QARed by me as QAR #192 in the MCC_TOOL database. Ritu