3.5.3 Defining measurement conditions

You use PFM - Web Console to define the Web transaction filename, measurement interval, and timeout value for measurement in the measurement condition registration file (esptask.xml) (or you can directly edit the measurement condition registration file to define these settings).

The following describes the measurement items for Web transactions and the items to be defined in the measurement condition registration file.

Organization of this subsection
(1) Measurement items
(2) Creating the measurement condition registration file (esptask.xml)

(1) Measurement items

The following table lists the measurement items for a Web transaction.

Table 3-7 List of measurement items for a Web transaction

Measurement target serviceMeasurement item
Web transaction
(Entire Web transaction or each scope)
  • Total response time
  • Setup time
  • HTTP time
  • DNS time
  • TCP connection time
  • Server processing time
  • Data transfer time
  • Total amount of data
  • Number of requests
  • Total size of resources
  • Throughput

For details about the measurement items, see 9. Records.

(2) Creating the measurement condition registration file (esptask.xml)

To define measurement conditions for a Web transaction, you must create a measurement condition registration file (esptask.xml). For management purposes, a measurement condition ID is assigned to the measurement conditions. The following table describes the items to be defined in the measurement condition registration file as the measurement conditions for a Web transaction.

Table 3-8 Items that can be specified for measurement of a Web transaction

ItemDescription
Measurement condition IDSpecifies an identifier for the measurement conditions. Each measurement condition ID must be unique.
Measurement intervalSpecifies a measurement interval.
TimeoutSpecifies a timeout value for each measurement.
Service-specific conditionsSpecifies a Web transaction file name and a Web transaction name.

For details about the measurement condition registration file, see 7.3 Measurement condition registration file (esptask.xml).