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Procedure documentation Displaying Front End Statistics  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

In the workload monitor, you can display the workload in different analysis views which highlight the workload from a particular perspective. One of these aspects is the question of how the workload is distributed among the various presentation servers and instances. With this information, you can answer questions such as:

·        What volume of data is exchanged between the individual presentation servers and SAP instances?

·        Which response times arise at the front end (GUI, front end network, and so on)?

·        Which presentation servers are causing what workload in a particular instance?

Procedure

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       1.      Start the Workload Monitor by calling transaction ST03.

       2.      In the Workload tree, choose the instance and period to be analyzed.

       3.      Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Analysis Views This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Frontend Statistics.

       4.      The system displays the usual output area, in which the requested workload is displayed.

Result

The output area contains two tab pages with the following characteristics:

Tab Page

Description

Frontends

The workload is displayed, sorted by the presentation servers of the selected instance. The values displayed are for the aspects of the workload that arise in connection with the presentation server, such as the number of communication steps, transferred data value, or front end wait times.

Instance(s)

If you have chosen the TOTAL workload (see also Controlling and Monitoring the Generation of Statistics Data), the same aspects of the workload are displayed, sorted by instances of the system. To display the workload for the presentation servers assigned to an instance, double-click that instance.

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Workload Monitor start page

 

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