This section describes resource consumer groups and plans. To control resource consumption, you can assign user sessions to resource consumer groups . A resource consumer group defines a set of users who have similar requirements for resource use. A resource consumer group also specifies a resource allocation method for allocating CPU among sessions. Currently, the only resource allocation method for allocating CPU among sessions in a resource consumer group is the round-robin method.
Users can have the privilege of switching to different consumer groups.
This group name always exists in the data dictionary. This group name always exists in the data dictionary. Resource allocations are specified in a resource plan . Resource plans contain resource plan directives , which specify the resources that are to be allocated to each resource consumer group. Conceptually, a session belongs to a resource consumer group, and this resource consumer group is used by a resource plan to determine allocation of processing resources.