This video explains how to look for patterns in sensor activity that might be indicative of larger environmental issues.
Video Transcript
In order to be able to easily correlate some of these sensors with problems that users are experiencing, we have a Sensor Patterns page, which identifies sensor combinations that occur more frequently.
The first grid lists groups of sensors that are happening simultaneously. You can see in the next columns how many sensors are involved and how many systems are affected, which tells you right away if this is something happening rarely among a few machines or if it is a more systemic problem.
When you select a pattern in the first window, you can get more information about the individual sensors involved in the second window, including a severity rating and description.
In the third window, you can see which systems are involved, with details on operating system, chassis, CPU type, and so forth. The graphs below provide a quick way to see if there is consistency within the sensor across operating systems, chassis types, memory size, and more.
You can use this information to determine whether the pattern is limited to Windows 10, tied to a particular laptop model with a consistent driver error, or occurring only on machines with a certain number of CPU cores.