WMI Query monitor

The WMI query monitor can be used to execute WQL queries and perform conditional testing of the returned value. The monitor can execute all standard WQL queries, but the returned value comparison is limited to one field of the returned data.

• System type: Windows
• Category: Performance

Note: See Windows Management Instrumentation.

Note: Only monitor specific settings are documented here. See Standard monitor settings.

Monitor specific properties

• Namespace - Name space to execute the query within. The default namespace is root\cimv2.
• WQL - A WQL query.
• Value name - The name of the value to retrieve when the query has been executed. If more then one result row is returned, the value is retrieved from the first row in the result set.
• Data type - The unit of data sampled by the test. This makes it possible to group data with other monitors using the same type in reports.
• Value type - Type of value that is compared with the retrieved value.
• Compare Operation - Operation to use when comparing.
• Compare value - Value to compare with the resulting value from the calculation.