# Statistical evaluation of numbes of cores per user

**URL:** <https://community.openpbs.org/t/statistical-evaluation-of-numbes-of-cores-per-user/809>\
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**Created:** [January 5, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/statistical-evaluation-of-numbes-of-cores-per-user/809 "2018-01-05T12:40:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![daher\_m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@daher\_m](https://community.openpbs.org/u/daher_m)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/statistical-evaluation-of-numbes-of-cores-per-user/809/1 "2018-01-05T12:40:23Z")

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Hi, I am using the version PBS Verion 14.1.0. My question is if statistical evaluation is possible for the queuing system (i.e. number of compute cores per user, etc …) ? Are the histories data in readable format to be processed with scripts?

Thank you  
Mhd

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**Author:** ![adarsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@adarsh](https://community.openpbs.org/u/adarsh)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/statistical-evaluation-of-numbes-of-cores-per-user/809/2 "2018-01-08T13:10:49Z")

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All the jobs accounting is stored in a text file. Every day an accounting file is created in this format YYYYMMDD .  
The location of accounting data is $PBS\_HOME/server\_priv/accounting ( source /etc/pbs.conf first, if you are unaware of the PBS\_HOME location )

My question is if statistical evaluation is possible for the queuing system (i.e. number of compute cores per user, etc …) ?  
[Answer]: Yes, you need to parse the accounting logs and stored it in a format readable by the Statistical software and take it from there .

FYI only : Also, if you are interested you can use PBS Analytics ([http://www.pbsgridworks.com/PBSProduct.aspx?n=PBS-Analytics&c=Overview-and-Capabilities](http://www.pbsgridworks.com/PBSProduct.aspx?n=PBS-Analytics&c=Overview-and-Capabilities) )

Are the histories data in readable format to be processed with scripts?  
[Answer]: Yes

Thank you