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JP1 Version 11 JP1/Performance Management - Agent Option for Service Response Description, User's Guide and Reference


4.4.3 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

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

Table 4‒6: List of measurement items for a Web transaction

Measurement target service

Measurement 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 10. 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 4‒7: Items that can be specified for measurement of a Web transaction

Item

Description

Measurement condition ID

Specifies an identifier for the measurement conditions. Each measurement condition ID must be unique.

Measurement interval

Specifies a measurement interval.

Timeout

Specifies a timeout value for each measurement.

Service-specific conditions

Specifies a Web transaction file name and a Web transaction name.

For details about the measurement condition registration file, see 8.3 Measurement condition registration file (esptask.xml).