Hi      Let me clarify what you want to do. Are you looking for the NMC way of exporting individual counters ? As you stated ? It's working if i use graphical interface : File => Export => Select Counters dfm perf data retrieve is to retrieve data from a performance view and doesn't  allow individual counters. The dfm perf export counter add is to export the list of counters for a defined period to third party tools or database. You can find the TR named Access to DataFabric Manager and Performance Advisor Data Using Database Access and Data Export and other TR related to dfm in this link. OnCommand(DFM) and its related Technical Reports Regards adai ... View more

Hi      Pls use the dfm perf data retrieve cli to get the data for the view using cli. NAME     retrieve -- This command allows you to extract the counter data                     with supported statistical calculations on them. SYNOPSIS     dfm perf data retrieve { [ -o object-name-or-id ... ] [ -C perf-counter ... ]                               [ -V view-name ] }                     [ -d duration ] [ -b start-time ] [ -e end-time ]                     [ -M month ... ] [ -D weekday ... ] [ -T time-range ... ]                     [ -m statistical-method [ -P percentile-value ]                               [ -S data-advance-method ] ]                     [ -s sample-rate ] [ -x output-format ] [ -R ] DESCRIPTION     This command retrieves performance data for the specified counters and     object instances. These counters and instances can be specified explicitly     using the -C and -o options or implicitly by specifying the view-name     using -V option.     When the view specified is associated with object types, the object     instance has to be explicitly specified using the -o option. When the view     specified is associated with object instances, this option is not     mandatory. If -o option is specified in this case, the specified object     instances are considered, ignoring the instances in the view. If     counters are explicitly specified along with the view, the counters     in the view are ignored and the explicitly specified counters are     considered instead.     For finer control on the time, a filter with months, days and time     range with in a day can be specified. Only those time stamps that     satisfy the filter will be shown in the output. On the resulting output of     counter data, statistical computations like minimum, maximum, mean,     and value_at_percentile can be computed.     Description of options:     -o Object instance for which data is to be retrieved. Multiple object               instances can be specified. Specifying a parent will retrieve data               for all its children.     -C A counter of the form object-name:counter-name (ex. system:cpu_busy).               Multiple counters can be specified.     -V View Name. A view name can be specified, instead of specifying the               counters and instances explicitly.     -b Start time. Format: "yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss". If this option is not               specified, the start time will be the time of the oldest record.     -e End time. Format: "yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss". If this option is not               specified, the end time will be the time of the newest record.     -d Duration for which data is to be retrieved (in seconds). The time is               calculated going backwards from the current time. When this option               is specified, start-time and or end-time are ignored.     -s Sample rate (in seconds). This interval will be used to consolidate               the output data. The available data will be split into regions as               specified by the sample rate and the last sample in each of those               regions will be displayed. Also used for window calculation for metrics.     -x Specifies the format to display the output. Possible values are               Legacy and TimeIndexed. Default value is Legacy.     -R If specified, data is rolled-up to the nearest minute. Applicable               only when the output format is TimeIndexed.     -M Filter based on month. Examples: Jan, Feb, etc. Comma separated multiple values               can be specified.     -D Filter based on day of week. Examples: Mon, Tue, etc. Comma separated multiple               values can be specified.     -T Filter based on time range in a day. Example: 16.00-21.55. Comma separated multiple               values can be specified.     -m The statistical computation. Valid values are min, max, mean and               value_at_percentile.     -P For value_at_percentile type of calculation, this contains the               percentile value.     -S For computing on fixed size data, this defines the method to advance               the chunks of data. Valid values are simple, step and rolling. Default               value is simple. Valid only when a statistical-method is specified.               Simple and step methods are available for all statistical methods.               Rolling is valid only for mean statistical method. Regards adai ... View more

Hi Cecil,      Thanks for the details. Let me pass this on to the concerned personnel for further actions. Regards adai ... View more