Web Transactions Test
The Web Transactions test tracks the state of the individual transactions of a web site.
Note:
This test will not report metrics for web sites operating on IIS web server v8.x.
Target of the test : A web site supported by a web server
Agent deploying the test : An internal agent;
Outputs of the test : One set of results for each transaction supported by a web site
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Measurement | Description | Measurement Unit | Interpretation |
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Requests: |
Rate of requests for a specific transaction. |
Reqs/Sec |
An increase or decrease in request rate for a specific transaction can represent a change in the user workload. |
Errors: |
Percentage of error-filled responses from the web site for a specific transaction. |
Percent |
Percentage of responses for the transaction that report a 400 or 500 status code. |
Data transmitted: |
Rate at which the data is transmitted by the web site in response to user requests for a specific transaction. |
KB/Sec |
A large increase in the data transmission rate can be indicative of an increase in the popularity of a specific transaction. Alternatively, a sudden increase in data rate may also indicate a change in the characteristics of a transaction. |
Avg response time: |
The average time taken by the web site to respond to requests for a specific transaction, measured in seconds. Only requests for which successful responses are received are considered while computing the average response time. |
Secs |
An increase in response time is a major cause for user dissatisfaction with e-business sites. By correlating an increase in response time with the other metrics collected by the agent per transaction, an operator can diagnose the reason(s) for the deterioration in performance. |