eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by BobiWISActvtTest

By observing the level of activity on the Web Intelligence Server over time and by monitoring how the server handles the workload generated by these activities, administrators can quickly figure out whether/not the server possesses the processing power required to service the load. Such useful insights on workload and throughput is provided by the BobiWISActvtTest test.

This test closely tracks the clients calls made to and sessions created on the Web Intelligence server, reports the rate at which the server executes tasks in response to these calls, and thus indicates how quickly/slowly the server is executing these tasks. Processing bottlenecks on the server can be identified in the process.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
currentClientCalls Indicates the current number of CORBA calls that the server is processing. Number This is a good indicator of the level of client activity on the server.
clientCallsRate Indicates the rate at which the CORBA calls were received by the server in the last measure period. Calls/Sec A consistent increase in the value of this measure is indicative of a steady rise in server workload.
currentTasks Indicates the number of tasks that are currently executed by the server. Number  
taskExecutionRate Indicates the rate at which the server executes tasks. Executions/Sec A steady drop in the value of this measure is a cause for concern as it indicates that the server is unable to process tasks as quickly as it receives client calls/requests. This is a sign of a processing bottleneck on the server and requires further investigation.
activeSessions Indicates the number of sessions that are currently able to accept requests from clients. Number This is a good indicator of the current session load on the server.
createdSessions Indicates the number of sessions that are currently created on the server. Number  
sessionCreationRate Indicates the rate at which sessions were created. Sessions/Sec  
sessionTimeOutRate Indicates the rate at which sessions timed out. Sessions/Sec A high timeout rate indicates that sessions are getting timed out very often. You may want to consider changing the Timeout value for sessions to reduce the frequent session logouts.
noOfUsers Indicates the number of users currently connected to the server. Number This is a good indicator of the user load on the server.