Analyze Transaction dialog box

You use the Analyze Transaction dialog box to define the criteria that are used to analyze the selected transaction in the Transaction Analysis Report. You can analyze a transaction even if you have not defined an SLA.

Analyze Transaction dialog box

To access, do one of the following:

  • Reports > Analyze Transaction

  • Summary Report > right-click menu > Add New Item > Analyze Transaction

  • Analyze Transaction toolbar button Analyze Transaction button

Analysis data (for example, transactions) that has been excluded by the Summary Filter will not be available for analysis in the Transaction Analysis report.

For more information, see Filter and sort graph data.

User interface elements are described below (unlabeled elements are shown in angle brackets):

UI Element Description
Show time ranges based on box

Select one of the display options:

  • Suggestions. Lists all transactions and time ranges from the scenario run.

  • SLA Violations. Lists only those transactions and time ranges where the transaction exceeded the SLA. This option does not appear if there were no transactions that exceeded the SLA.
Transaction

Select the transaction to analyze from the Transaction tree.
<Time Range>

Select the time range to analyze in one of the following ways:

  • Select the time range from the Transaction tree.

  • Enter the time range in the From and To boxes above the graph.

  • Select the time range by dragging the bars on the graph.
<Display options>

Select one of the following:

  • Running Vusers

  • Throughput

  • Hits per Second

The option you select is displayed on the graph and appears on the snapshot of the graph that appears on the Transaction Analysis Report. Note that your choice only affects the display of the graph and not the calculation for correlations.
Settings

Click Settings to define the Analyze Transaction settings in the Analyze Transaction Settings dialog box. For more information, see Analyze Transaction Settings dialog box.

Note: You can also define the Analyze Transaction settings in the Analyze Transaction Settings tab of the Options dialog box (Tools > Options).
Generate report

The Transaction Analysis Report opens. Once the report has been created, you can access it at any time from the Session Explorer.

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