> ### Overview

> The Configuration Advisor is a Fathom Management feature that helps you determine optimum threshold settings for specific polled rules that you use. An alternative to using Fathom-supplied default values or values that you might arbitrarily set, the Configuration Advisor recommends threshold settings based on a representative sampling of historical data stored in the FathomTrendDatabase.

> Note: You must have administrator privileges to use the Configurator Advisor.

> The Configuration Advisor analyzes a rule's past performance for a specified period of time and, based on this data, calculates a baseline value. A baseline value is a number that serves as the base for calculating a set of possible threshold settings based on your system's past activity for a specific rule.

> You then compare the existing rule threshold value with the recommended options to determine how to set the rule's threshold. When you select one of the recommended settings, Fathom will use this setting the next time the rule is evaluated.

> Because these recommendations are based on a representative sampling of data from the FathomTrendDatabase, when you apply a recommend rule threshold setting the alerts triggered as a result of rule violations provide a more meaningful indication of your resource's performance.

> Note: Depending on such factors as the time Fathom requires to retrieve, evaluate, and generate baseline values, Fathom's resources could be dedicated to this task for an unknown period of time. Consider planning a period of time in which you experiment with this feature to become familiar with its benefits and processing requirements.

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