diff --git a/Database/AthenaRoot/AthenaRootComps/share/POOLEventSelector_testJobOptions.py b/Database/AthenaRoot/AthenaRootComps/share/POOLEventSelector_testJobOptions.py
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c03b9bd21742c0a201289e23e7c06ecdea6b2793
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+++ b/Database/AthenaRoot/AthenaRootComps/share/POOLEventSelector_testJobOptions.py
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+
+
+#this joboption is used in performance monitoring to compare to xAODEventSelector
+
+theApp.EvtMax = -1
+
+import os
+
+jps.AthenaCommonFlags.FilesInput = [os.environ.get("ASG_TEST_FILE_MC","/afs/cern.ch/user/a/asgbase/patspace/xAODs/r7725/mc15_13TeV.410000.PowhegPythiaEvtGen_P2012_ttbar_hdamp172p5_nonallhad.merge.AOD.e3698_s2608_s2183_r7725_r7676/AOD.07915862._000100.pool.root.1")]
+
+
+
+import AthenaPoolCnvSvc.ReadAthenaPool
+
+
+algseq = CfgMgr.AthSequencer("AthAlgSeq")
+algseq += CfgMgr.EventCounterAlg(BookkeepOtherMCEventWeights=True)
diff --git a/Database/AthenaRoot/AthenaRootComps/share/xAODEventSelector_testJobOptions.py b/Database/AthenaRoot/AthenaRootComps/share/xAODEventSelector_testJobOptions.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/Database/AthenaRoot/AthenaRootComps/share/xAODEventSelector_testJobOptions.py
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+
+
+#this joboption is used in performance monitoring to compare to POOL
+
+theApp.EvtMax = -1
+
+import os
+
+jps.AthenaCommonFlags.FilesInput = [os.environ.get("ASG_TEST_FILE_MC","/afs/cern.ch/user/a/asgbase/patspace/xAODs/r7725/mc15_13TeV.410000.PowhegPythiaEvtGen_P2012_ttbar_hdamp172p5_nonallhad.merge.AOD.e3698_s2608_s2183_r7725_r7676/AOD.07915862._000100.pool.root.1")]
+
+
+
+import AthenaRootComps.ReadAthenaxAODHybrid
+
+
+algseq = CfgMgr.AthSequencer("AthAlgSeq")
+algseq += CfgMgr.EventCounterAlg(BookkeepOtherMCEventWeights=True)