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Function documentation Operating the Workload Monitor  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

The Workload Monitor (transaction ST03) is a one-screen transaction that has as few additional menus as possible. This makes operation significantly easier and more intuitive.

Features

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Activities

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

Navigation Area

Choose any icon by double-clicking it:

Function

Meaning

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Workload

Depending on the user mode, you can define the instance and the period that you want to analyze here.

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These functions read the workload directly from the statistics files of the individual instances.

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Business Transaction Analysis

You can perform a very precise analysis of individual transactions here, down to the level of individual steps.

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Last Minutes’ Load

You can use this function to analyze the unaggregated workload data that has not yet been written to the database.

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Load History and Distribution

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This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Instance Comparison

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text 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.

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Collector & Perf. 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 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.

Note

Only the analysis views that are active in the selected user mode and for which data exists are displayed.

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 execute the following commands:

○       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

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Saves the current view as your initial screen for the workload monitor (see also Saving User-Specific Views)

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Moves one view forward or back in the view history

Full Screen On/Off

Shows or hides the navigation bar and the available analysis views on the left of the screen

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