Tag Archive: import perfmon data; performance monitor; perfmon; failed to perform data correlation

Sorting Out the Error “Failed to perform data correlation”

While working with PerfMon data recently I ran into an interesting error when I tried to view it overlayed against a Trace file.  If you’re not familiar with that process, I recommend Brad McGehee’s article Correlating SQL Server Profiler with Performance Monitor.  I had opened a Trace file and selected a PerfMon file to import. …