Dashboard

This section describes the Performance Center dashboard in which you can view your performance test runs or all test runs. The page also displays a list of your last modified entities, and the resources in use.

To access: From the Performance Center navigation toolbar, click and select Dashboard.

User interface elements are described below:

UI Elements

Description

<Common UI elements> For user interface details, see Performance Center user interface.
Runs

Displays the test run activities.

All Runs/My Runs. Filters the list to display test run activities for all users of the project, or your test run activities only.

Finished. Displays the completed test runs.

  • Analyze. Analyzes results for the selected test run (available for test runs that are not in the Finished state).

  • Collate Collates results of test runs that have not yet been collated (available for test runs that are in the Before Collating Results state).

  • HTML Report. Opens an HTML version of the Analysis Summary report, which analyzes the data collected during the performance test run (available only when the test run state is Finished).

  • View Results. Opens the Dashboard tab of the Results page, which enables you to view performance measurements and results for those resources that were monitored in the test run in offline graphs (available only when the test run state is Finished). For details, see View results offline.

Running. Displays the currently running tests for all users of the project.

  • Show Online. Opens the Performance Test Run page which displays a detailed overview of the running performance test, and enables you to perform all runtime test run actions. For details, see Performance test run page (online screen).

Scheduled. Displays the tests that are scheduled to run.

To view details of a running or finished test, click the Test Name link to display the test in the Performance Test Designer window, or the Run ID link to display run details in the Test Runs page. To view details of a scheduled timeslot, click the Timeslot ID link.

For more details, see Manage results.

Last Modified Entities

Enables you to keep track of changes to performance testing entities. To view details of a modified entry, click the Name link to display the test in the Performance Test Designer window.

My/All. Filters the list to display your latest modified entries, or the latest modified entries for all users of the project.

Resources

Hosts/Project. Enables you to keep track of the performance testing resources in use.

Testing Hosts. Displays the number of testing hosts grouped by status (Operational, Non Operational, Unavailable), by state (Running, Idle), and the number of load generators provisioned from a cloud provider. For details, see Manage hosts and Provision cloud load generators.

Project Settings. Displays the following project settings.

  • Concurrent Run Limit. The maximum number of concurrent test runs allowed within a project.

  • Host Limit. The total number of hosts (Controller + load generators) reserved for a timeslot may not exceed this limit.

  • VUDs Limit. The maximum number of Virtual User Days (VUDs) a project can run at once. The total number used by all of the project's concurrent performance tests must not exceed this limit.

  • Vuser Limit. The maximum number of Vusers available to the project.

  • Last Run. The date of the last test run in the project.

What's New Shows latest Performance Center news and updates.
Tools

Online Help. Opens the Performance Center help center.

PC Forum. Opens the online Performance Center Practitioners Forum.

Feature Movies. Provides links to a selection of videos about performance testing with Performance Center.

PC Blogs. Opens the Performance Center Community which contains blog posts with useful advice to help you plan, test, and monitor your applications.

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