Data Federation Service Test

The Data Federation Service helps administrators create a unified view of an organization’s data sources in a fast, flexible, and easily accessible way. It allows a single Business Objects universe to map to multiple data sources and optimally federates (i.e., integrates) queries against individual sources directly. Using the Data Federation Service test, you can check the availability of this service on the monitored node, track the load on the service, and measure how well the service handles the load.

Target of the test : A SAP BOBI Node

Agent deploying the test : An internal/remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for the Data Federation Service in the node monitored.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter Description

Test period

How often should the test be executed.

Host

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

Port

Enter the port to which the specified host listens. This should be the port at which the web application server hosting SAP BOBI listens.

JMX Remote Port

Specify the RMI port number of the BOBI monitoring application. To know the RMI port number of the monitoring application, refer to Enabling the Monitoring Application of the SAP BOBI Platform.

JNDI Name

Specify the lookup name for connecting to the JMX connector of the BOBI monitoring application. To know the JNDI name, refer to Enabling the Monitoring Application of the SAP BOBI Platform.

JMX User and JMX Password

Enter the credentials of an enterprise authenticated BOBI user belonging to the default monitoring users group.

Confirm Password

Confirm the password by retyping it here.

Node Name

Specify the name of the BOBI node being monitored.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Is service available ?

Indicates whether/not the data federation service is currently available.

 

The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are discussed in the table below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
No 0
Yes 1

Note:

By default, this measure reports the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate the status of the Data Federation service. In the graph of this measure however, the same is represented using the numeric values only.

Number of connections

Indicates the total number of user connections to the data federation query engine.

Number

This is a good indicator of the load on the data federation service.

Number of active threads

Indicates the number of threads used for servicing requests to the DFS.

Number

This is a good indicator of how busy the service is.

Number of loaded connectors

Indicates the number of connectors loaded in the service.

Number

 

Number of active connections to loaded connectors

Indicates the number of active connections to the connectors loaded in the service.

Number