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PMADDPROFILE(3) Library Functions Manual PMADDPROFILE(3)

NAME top

   **pmAddProfile** - add instance(s) to the current PMAPI instance
   profile

C SYNOPSIS top

   **#include <pcp/pmapi.h>**

   **int pmAddProfile(pmInDom** _indom_**, int** _numinst_**, int ***_instlist_**);**

   **cc ... -lpcp**

DESCRIPTION top

   The set of instances for performance metrics returned from a
   [pmFetch(3)](../man3/pmFetch.3.html) call may be filtered or restricted using an instance
   profile.  There is one instance profile for each context the
   application creates at the Performance Metrics Application
   Programming Interface ([PMAPI(3)](../man3/PMAPI.3.html)), and each instance profile may
   include instances from one or more instance domains (see
   [pmLookupDesc(3)](../man3/pmLookupDesc.3.html)).

   **pmAddProfile** may be used to add new instance specifications to the
   instance profile of the current PMAPI context.

   In the simplest variant, the list of instances identified by the
   _instlist_ argument for the _indom_ instance domain are added to the
   instance profile.  The list of instance identifiers contains
   _numinst_ values.

   The _indom_ value would normally be extracted from a call to
   [pmLookupDesc(3)](../man3/pmLookupDesc.3.html) for a particular performance metric, and the
   instances in _instlist_ would typically be determined by calls to
   [pmGetInDom(3)](../man3/pmGetInDom.3.html) or [pmLookupInDom(3)](../man3/pmLookupInDom.3.html).

   To select all instances in all instance domains, use

      pmAddProfile(PM_INDOM_NULL, 0, (int *)0)

   This is the only case where _indom_ may be equal to **PM_INDOM_NULL**.
   If _numinst_ is zero, or _instlist_ is NULL, then all instances in
   _indom_ are selected.

CAVEAT top

   It is possible to add non-existent instance domains and non-
   existent instances to an instance profile.  None of the routines
   that use the instance profile will ever issue an error if you do
   this.  The cost of checking, when checking is possible, outweighs
   any benefits.

DIAGNOSTICS top

   **PM_ERR_PROFILESPEC**
          _indom_ was **PM_INDOM_NULL** and _instlist_ was not empty

SEE ALSO top

   [PMAPI(3)](../man3/PMAPI.3.html), [pmDelProfile(3)](../man3/pmDelProfile.3.html), [pmFetch(3)](../man3/pmFetch.3.html), [pmGetInDom(3)](../man3/pmGetInDom.3.html),
   [pmLookupDesc(3)](../man3/pmLookupDesc.3.html), [pmLookupInDom(3)](../man3/pmLookupInDom.3.html), [pmNewContext(3)](../man3/pmNewContext.3.html),
   [pmUseContext(3)](../man3/pmUseContext.3.html) and [pmWhichContext(3)](../man3/pmWhichContext.3.html).

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