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Measures reported by CtxSFSimTest

Using this test administrators can measure the logon experience of users connecting via Citrix StoreFront. This test emulates accesses to specific resources such as applications/desktops published on StoreFront. In the process, the availability, authentication, and enumeration of each application and/or desktop is reported. These metrics offer insights into certain key factors that may influence a StoreFront user's logon experience. This includes the availability and responsiveness of the StoreFront home configuration, the authentication method, the availability of the ICA file and the time taken to download it, and more! These statistics help Citrix administrators to track the complete journey of a Citrix StoreFront user through the Citrix application/desktop delivery landscape and accurately isolate bottlenecks prior to launching the application/desktop.

Outputs of the test :One set of results for every published application and/or virtual desktop.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
SF_availability Indicates whether/not the URL specified against the StoreFront URL parameter is available when attempting to launch this application/desktop. Percent The value 100 for this measure indicates that the StoreFront is available to launch the resource, and the value 0 indicates that the StoreFront is unavaialble.

If this measure reports the value 0, then no other measures will be reported for that resource.
SF_resp_time Indicates the time taken to receive response from the StoreFront URL, when attempting to launch this application/desktop. Seconds If the Total response time for a resource exceeds its threshold, compare the value of this measure with that of the other response time values reported by the test to know where the bottleneck lies.
SF_home_avail Indicates whether/not the home page of the StoreFront web console is available for access when attempting to launch this application/desktop. Percent The value 100 for this measure indicates that the StoreFront home page is accessible to launch the resource, and the value 0 indicates that the home page is not accessible.
SF_home_resp_time Indicates the time taken to access the home page of the StoreFront web console. Seconds If the Total response time for a resource exceeds its threshold, compare the value of this measure with that of the other response time values reported by the test to know where the bottleneck lies.
SF_auth_method_avail Indicates whether/not any authentication method is available to login to the StoreFront web console when attempting to launch this application/desktop. Percent The value 100 for this measure indicates that login was successful, and the value 0 indicates that login failed.
SF_auth_meth_resp_time Indicates the time taken by any authentication method to respond to a login request to the StoreFront web console when attempting to launch this application/desktop. Seconds Ideally, the value of this measure should be low.
SF_explicit_auth_avail Indicates whether/not the explicit authentication method is enabled for the user to launch this application/desktop. Percent The value 100 for this measure indicates that login was successful, and the value 0 indicates that login failed.
SF_explicit_resp_time Indicates the time taken by any explicit authentication method to respond to a login request to the StoreFront web console when attempting to launch this application/desktop. Seconds Ideally, the value of this measure should be low.
SF_login_avail Indicates whether/not the user logged into the StoreFront successfully, when attempting to launch this application/desktop. Percent Ideally, the value of this measure should be low.
SF_login_duration Indicates the time taken by the user to login to StoreFront, when attempting to launch this application/desktop. Seconds  
SF_resource_avail Indicates whether this application/desktop is available to launch or not. Percent  
SF_resource_resp_time Indicates the time taken by this application/desktop to respond when the user is trying to launch this application/desktop. Seconds  
ICA_file_dwld_avail Indicates whether the ICA file is available to launch this application/desktop or not. Percent When launching an application/desktop from the StoreFront, users are prompted to save or download the launch .ica file. The ICA files contain configuration information about the application/desktop. Therefore, the application/desktop will be launched only if the ICA file is downloaded successfully.

The value 100 for this measure indicates that the ICA is downloaded successfully, and the value 0 indicates that the home page is not accessible.

The value 100 is preferred for this measure indicating that the ICA file was downloaded successfully. If the value 0 is reported for this measure indicates that ICA file download failed.
ICA_file_dwld_duration Indicates the time taken to download the ICA file when the user is trying to launch this application/desktop. Seconds  
Total_resp_time Indicates the total time taken to receive response when the user is attempting to launch this application/desktop. Seconds