Configuring a Collector Using Options from a File (vtl)

This information applies to the command-line interface (vtl) only.

When creating an Activity, you can configure a data collector manually or dump configuration options to a file and use them for subsequent runs.

To dump options to a file:

1. Configure an Activity.
   Command-line example:

>vtl activity -d 5 -c sampling -o "-event-config en=clockticks:sa=12345
-cal no -msc 100 -term no -sterm no -sd 2 -sb 2222 -si 4"

2. Dump the default collector options to a file with the -dump-options-to-file (or -dof) option.
   Command-line example:

>vtl query -c sampling -dof options1.txt

This writes the default sampling collector options in the options1.txt file.

3. Get the collector options from a specific Activity by sending the output to a file. Use this format:

   vtl query -a <activity name> > <file>
   This creates a file <file> with the configuration options of the Activity <activity name>. You may need to edit the file to remove unnecessary information.

4. Create another Activity and configure it using the options saved to the file with the -options-from-file (or -of) option.
   Command-line example:

>vtl activity -c sampling -of options1.txt

This creates an Activity with the options listed in step 1.