Operating the Workload Monitor 

Use

The Workload Monitor is a one-screen transaction that has as few additional menus as possible. This makes operation significantly easier and more intuitive.

Integration

Transaction ST03N of the Workload Monitor has replaced the old transaction ST03.

Features

Activities

The individual screen elements of the workload monitor have the following meanings:

User Mode

After starting the Workload Monitor, choose a user mode. This gives you access to precisely the functions and periods that are appropriate for the selected role.

Functions

In the Functions subscreen, choose an icon by double-clicking it:

Function	Meaning
Workload	Depending on the user mode, you can define the instance and the period that you want to analyze here.
Detailed Analysis	These functions read the workload directly from the statistics files of the individual instances.
Business Transaction Analysis	You can perform a very precise analysis of individual transactions here, down to the level of individual steps.
Last Minutes’ Load	You can use this function to analyze the workload data that has not yet been written to the performance database MONI.
Load History and Distribution  Load History  Instance Comparison  Users per Instance	With these functions, you cannot display the workload for a particular instance and a particular period (as in the other workload monitor functions), but rather compare the workload of different instances or periods. Display the most important data together therefore allows a direct comparison of the instances.
BW Workload	Statistics of the BW Workload Monitor (only if there is a Business Warehouse in the system)
Collector & Performance Database	Among other things, you can use this function to define which values the statistics collector collects, how often, and how long they are to be retained in the performance database in what time resolution.

Analysis Views

An analysis view displays a particular aspect of the workload. In the Analysis View subscreen, choose the view that you want to analyze by double-clicking it.

Only those analysis views are displayed:

§         That are active in the selected user mode

§         For which data exists

Output Area

The output area uses an ALV Grid Control, with which you can greatly tailor the selected view to your requirements. For most load parameters, the workload monitor displays more data fields than are required for your analysis. You therefore have a considerable amount of help available in the output area to find the information relevant for you:

·        The data of most analysis views is grouped in the results area by tab pages for different topic areas.

·        To obtain an overview of which data fields exist for an analysis view, choose the All Data tab page.

·        Using the standard functions of the ALV Grid Control, you can

¡        Show and hide columns

¡        Sort rows by the contents of a column

¡        Set and delete filters

¡        Perform summations

¡        Export tables as a file type of your choice

¡        Display tables as graphics

¡        Save sort orders, filters, and selected columns as your layout

Editing Views

Choose one of the following buttons in the Edit Views screen area:

Button	Meaning
Save View	Saves the current view as your initial screen for the workload monitor (see also Saving User-Specific Views)
Previous View or  Next View	Moves one view forward or back in the view history
Full Screen: Show/Hide Tree	Shows or hides the Functions and Analysis Views subscreens on the left of the screen