The WWS Reports
Some definitions
Here are some definitions of some terms used in WWS reports :
- Presence : This is the percentage of the player presence versus the raid length. Someone
who arrived or left at the middle of a raid will have a 50% presence. If someone dies at 2/3 of a fight, she
will have a presence of 66%.
- DPS Time : The DPS time is based on a 5 seconds window following every damage done. If someone performs
damage every 5 seconds or less, her DPS time will be 100%. If for some reason she must stop to DPS for a
short time, her DPS time will be lower. Tanks usually have the best DPS time because they're always close to the
boss.
- DPS or Instant DPS : DPS is the damage done divided by the DPS time. It is a measure of how
strong a player is hitting when she is hitting. Some people can have very high DPS but very low DPS time, ie a
healer who performs only one single powerful attack during the fight : very short DPS time but very high DPS.
- Average DPS : The average DPS is the damage done divided by the presence. Generally, this
information is less relevant than Instant DPS because it provides no real additional information over the
total damage done.
Browsing the log file with a filter
The log file filter acts like a search tool on your log file. Just type parts of the name of the
mob, the player, the pet or the spell you want to see, and only these lines will appear, eg
Stonebreaker, Illidan or Flash heal
The filter can also perform complex queries on your log files. For example, if you want
to see specifically when the mage "Alohomora" was hit by a Fireball from Illidan Stormrage, type the following
filter : source=Illidan and target=aloho and spell=fireball.
Quick note about the syntax : you can use the and and or keywords and parenthesis to form
complex conditions. A condition is in the form keyword=term. You can use double quotes or simple quotes
around the term if the term is made of many word or there already is a quote in the term, eg
unit="Kil'jaeden". Double quoting the term performs an exact match. The syntax is not case sensitive.
List of keywords
- source : matches the unit that caused this event
- target : matches the unit that was the target of this event
- unit : matches the source or the target
- spell : matches the spell that was used in this event
- all : matches the unit or the spell
- type : matches the type of event (see WoWWiki)
- source.flag, target.flag and unit.flag : matches the flags of the units. Possible
values : RAID, OUTSIDER, FRIENDLY, NEUTRAL, HOSTILE, PLAYER, NPC, PET, GUARDIAN, OBJECT
Some examples
- unit.flag=PLAYER and event=UNIT_DIED : death of raid players
- unit.flag=PET and (event=SPELL_SUMMON or event=UNIT_DIED) : pets deaths and summoning
- source=Gandalf and spell=Fireball : all Fireballs performed by Gandalf
- etc...
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