Performance Metrics of Web Application Monitor (Transaction Recorder)

Interpret Web Application Monitor (Transaction Recorder) Monitoring Results

Web Application monitor tracks the availability and performance of multi-step web transactions, such as online shopping carts or bank transactions. The monitor checks for web application response time. It senses the server response time of the web application sequence in which only the HTML content of the requests is analyzed.

Navigate to home and click the appropriate web application monitor listed in the monitor summary. This page would cause the following metrics displayed in the form of graphs and tables:

• Apdex Score: It is a measure of the end user customer satisfaction levels. Apdex Score can be classified as follows:
  • Apdex score > 0.9 means Satisfied.
  • Apdex score >0.5 & <0.9 means Tolerating.
  • Apdex score < 0.5 means Frustrated.
• Response Time and Response Time by Location indicate the location based total time taken to retrieve the entire HTML content of the webpage. Average response time and Average response time by Location data are presented in a tabular layout for easy assimilation.
• Response Time (ms) for Steps by Location shows you the location wise time taken to download the entire HTML content of the web page.
• Transaction Time and Transaction Time by Location indicate the location based time taken to complete a transaction for your recorded steps. Transaction time metrics of the Web Application Monitor are presented in a graphical format. Average Transaction time and Average Transaction time by Location data are presented in a tabular layout for easy assimilation.
• Transaction Time (ms) for Steps by Location shows you the location wise time taken to complete a transaction for each of your recorded steps.
• Availability & Response Time by Location, which gives a graphical and tabular view of location wise availability and other related metrics.

History Data and Apdex Score:

This section exposes the historical information about your website performance along with the availability, response time, transaction time, downtime duration and SLA violation. It also provides the Apdex score, which assesses the end user experience of your web application.

Apdex Map

Response Time
Response Time indicates the total time required to retrieve the entire HTML content of the webpage. The graph is calculated by plotting time period against response time.

Graphical Representation

Response Time by Location
Response Time by Location graph shows the average response time for each day or hour from every monitoring location. This graph can be applied to analyze the average response time of your monitor from different monitoring locations. The location is identified using legend given below the graph.

Tabular Representation
Average Response Time, Maximum Response Time and Minimum Response Time are detailed in a tabular layout. Average Response Time By Location is also defined based on the various locations selected.

Response Time (ms) for Steps by Location
It presents you the location wise, time taken to download the entire HTML content of the web application.                     

Transaction Time
The Transaction Time graph gives you the time required to complete a transaction for your recorded steps. The graph is calculated by plotting time period against transaction time.

Graphical Representation

Transaction Time By Location
Transaction Time by Location graph shows the average transaction time for each day or hour from every monitoring location. This graph can be used to analyze the average transaction time of your monitor from different monitoring locations. The location is identified using legend given below the graph.

Tabular Representation
Average Transaction Time, Maximum Transaction Time and Minimum Transaction Time are detailed in a tabular layout. Average Transaction Time By Location is also defined based on the various locations chosen.

Transaction Time for Steps by Location
It presents you the location wise time taken to complete a transaction for each of your recorded steps.

Availability & Response Time by Location
The availability and response time of the web application monitor for each and every monitoring location is expressed in a tabular format. The total availability (%) and Response Time (ms) with down duration from each monitoring location can be deducted from this data.