oData User Statistics Test

How often should the test be executed

Host name of the server for which the test is to be configured.

Enter the port to which the specified host listens.

For the eG agent to connect to the target SAP ABAP System and collect metrics, this test should be configured with the IP address of any of the SAP ABAP Instances associated with the target SAP ABAP System. Specify such IP address in this text box.

Specify the ID of the client system as what the eG agent will be connecting to the SAP ABAP instance. To know how to determine the client ID to use, follow the instructions provided in Determining the Client ID/Name for the eG Agent to Connect to the SAP ABAP Instance.

For the eG agent to connect to the target SAP ABAP System and collect metrics, this test should be configured with the IP address of any of the SAP ABAP Instances associated with the target SAP ABAP System. Specify such IP address in this text box.

Typically, to connect to a SAP ABAP instance and run tests, the eG agent requires the permissions of a SAP user who has been assigned with certain authorization objects S_BGRFC, S_RFC, S_RFC_ADM, S_RFCACL, S_TCODE, S_ADMI_FCD, S_TABU_DIS, S_TABU_NAM, S_USER_GRP, S_XMI_PROD, S_TOOLS_EX, S_APPL_LOG, S_RZL_ADM. Ideally, you will have to create a new user role on the SAP ABAP instance for this purpose, associate the above-mentioned authorization objects with that role, and assign the new role to an existing SAP user. The procedure for the same has been provided in Creating a New User Role for Monitoring and Assigning it to a SAP User. Once the new role is assigned to a SAP user, specify the name of this user against SAPUser.

The password of the specified SAPUser.

Confirm the password by retyping it here.

An indicator of the TCP/IP port at which the SAP server listens. For example, for a server that listens at port 3200, the SysNo will be ‘00’. Similarly, if the SAP server port is 3201, the SysNo will have to be specified as ‘01’. Therefore, in the SysNo text box specify the system number of the SAP server with which the specified client communicates. To know the system number for the ABAP server being monitored, follow the procedure detailed in Identifying the SAP Router String and System Number.

If the SAP client with the specified ClientName exists in a network external to the SAP server, then a router will be used to enable the server-client communication. In such a case, specify the router string of the router in the Router text box. If both the client and the server exist in the same network, then specify ‘none’ against the Router text box. To know what is the SAP Router string for the ABAP server being monitored, follow the procedure detailed in Identifying the SAP Router String and System Number.

This is set to none by default. This implies that the eG agent automatically discovers the instance name at run time. 

Indicate the duration (in seconds) for which this test should wait for a response from the SAP ABAP instance. By default, this is set to 120 seconds.

The eG agent uses the SAP JCO library to connect to the SAP ABAP system and pull out metrics. To enable the eG agent to make this connection and query the metrics, you need to specify the version of the SAP JCO library that the agent needs to use. For instance, to instruct the eG agent to use JCO v2.1.19, it would suffice if you specify the ‘major version number’ alone against JCO Version – in the case of this example, this will be 2.x. Note that if you have downloaded the SAP JCO CONNECTOR files for SAP JCO version 3 from the SAP market place (as instructed by Downloading the SAP JCO Connector files Required for Monitoring ), then the JCO Version configuration should be 3.x. 

By default, this parameter is set to none. If you wish to include only a few users in the scope of monitoring, then, specify a comma-separated list of users in this text box. You can even include specific patterns in this text box. For example, in an environment where users such as John Adam, John William and John Smith are available, specifying John* in this text box will include all 3 users in the scope of monitoring.

To exclude certain users from the scope of monitoring, specify a comma-separated list of users in this text box. By default, this parameter is set to none. You can even include specific patterns in this text box. For example, in an environment where users such as John Adam, John William and John Smith are available, specifying John* in this text box will exclude all 3 users from the scope of monitoring.

By default, this test is capable of pulling out metrics from the target SAP ABAP System irrespective of the number of OData Service requests processed. However, in some environments where large number of requests are processed per minute, the eG backend database may not be able to store such voluminous data. To avoid overheads to the eG backend database, administrators can set a desired value against this parameter. This will ensure that the eG agent collects metrics only for those OData Service requests that returned a response with a time limit (specified in MilliSeconds) greater than the value configured against this parameter.

Refers to the frequency with which detailed diagnosis measures are to be generated for this test. The default is 1:1. This indicates that, by default, detailed measures will be generated every time this test runs, and also every time the test detects a problem. You can modify this frequency, if you so desire. Also, if you intend to disable the detailed diagnosis capability for this test, you can do so by specifying none against DD frequency.