Options dialog box

Select a date format for storage and display. (For example, the date displayed in the Summary Report)

• European. Displays the European date format.

• US. Displays the U.S. date format.

• Traditional Chinese. Displays the Traditional Chinese date format.

• Local Regional Options. Displays the date format as defined in the current user's regional settings.

Note: When you change the date format, it only affects newly created Analysis sessions. The date format of existing sessions is not affected.

Select the directory location at which you want the file browser to open.

• Open at most recently used directory. Opens the file browser at the previously used directory location.

• Open at specified directory. Opens the file browser at a specified directory.

In the Directory path box, enter the directory location where you want the file browser to open.

Select the directory location in which you want to save temporary files.

• Use Windows temporary directory. Saves temporary files in your Windows temp directory.

• Use a specified directory. Saves temporary files in a specified directory.

In the Directory path box, enter the directory location in which you want to save temporary files.

Set the following transaction settings in the Summary Report:

• Transaction Percentile. The Summary Report contains a percentile column showing the response time of 90% of transactions (90% of transactions that fall within this amount of time). To change the value of the default 90 percentile, enter a new figure in the Transaction Percentile box.

The Transaction Percentile value is only applied to newly created templates . To create a new template, select Tools >Templates. For details, see Apply/Edit Template dialog box.

Select the way in which graphs shows the Elapsed Scenario Time on the x-axis.

Use Absolute time by default. Shows an elapsed time based on the absolute time of the machine's system clock. If not checked, the graphs show the elapsed time relative to the start of the scenario. The default is unchecked.

Use cached file to store data. Uses a cached file to store the analysis data.

This option should only be used when analyzing a large result file. Enabling this option may increase the time required to analyze and open the results.

In this area, you configure how Analysis generates result data from load test scenarios.

Complete data refers to the result data after it has been processed for use within Analysis. Summary data refers to the raw, unprocessed data. The summary graphs contain general information such as transaction names and times. For details, see Summary data versus complete data.

Select one of the following options:

• Generate summary data only. If this option is selected, Analysis does not process the data for advanced use with filtering and grouping.

• Generate complete data only. If this option is selected, the graphs can then be sorted, filtered, and manipulated.

• Display summary data while generating complete data. Enables you to view summary data while you wait for the complete data to be processed.

If you chose to generate complete data in the Data Source area, you use this area to configure how Analysis aggregates the data.

Data aggregation is necessary in order to reduce the size of the database and decrease processing time in large scenarios.

Select one of the following options:

• Automatically aggregate data to optimize performance. Aggregates data using built-in data aggregation formulas.

• Automatically aggregate web data only. Aggregates web data only using built-in data aggregation formulas.

• Apply user-defined aggregation. Aggregates data using settings you define.

Click the Aggregation Configuration button to open the Data Aggregation Configuration Dialog Box and define your custom aggregation settings. For details, see Data Aggregation Configuration dialog box.

In this area you specify whether to display data for the complete duration of the scenario, or for a specified time range only. Select one of the following options:

• Entire scenario. Displays data for the complete duration of the load test scenario

• Specified scenario time range. Specify the time range using the following boxes:

• Analyze results from. Enter the amount of scenario time you want to elapse (in hh:mm:ss format) before Analysis begins displaying data.

• until. Enter the point in the scenario (in hh:mm:ss format) at which you want Analysis to stop displaying data.

Controller output messages are displayed in Analysis in the Output Messages window. Select one of the following options for copying output messages generated by Controller to the Analysis session.

• Copy if data set is smaller than X MB. Copies the Controller output data to the Analysis session if the data set is smaller than the amount you specify.

• Always Copy. Always copies the Controller output data to the Analysis session.

• Never Copy. Never copies the Controller output data to the Analysis session.

Apply now in active session button

Apply the settings in the Result Collection tab to the current session. The Controller output data is copied when the Analysis session is saved.

Analysis result data is saved to an MS Access database format (default).

Recommended if the Analysis session file is less than 2 GB.

Analysis result data is saved to an SQL server. If you select this option, you have to complete the Server Details and Shared Folder Details, described below. For details about setting up the server, see SQL Server Express setup.

Use this format if you need to work in multithread mode.

Recommended if the Analysis session file is 2 GB to 10 GB.

Analysis result data is saved in an SQLite database format.

Allows you to store up to 32 terabytes of data.

If you choose this format, you cannot work in multithread mode.

Recommended if the Analysis session file is more than 10 GB.

Test Parameters button

Depending on which database you are using, this button performs the following action:

• For Access. Checks the connection parameters to the Access database and verifies that the delimiter on your machine's regional settings matches the Microsoft JET delimiter on the database machine.

• For SQL server. Checks the connection parameters, the existence of a shared server directory, whether there are write permissions on the shared server directory, and whether the shared and physical server directories are synchronized.

• For SQLite. This button is disabled.

Compact database button

When you configure and set up your session, the database containing the results may become fragmented. As a result, it will use excessive disk space. For Access databases, the Compact database button enables you to repair and compress your results and optimize your database. This button is disabled if you choose SQLite.

Note: Long load test scenarios (duration of two hours or more) require more time for compacting.

Advanced button

Opens the Advanced Options dialog box, allowing you to increase performance when processing OpenText Professional Performance Engineering results or importing data from other sources. This button is disabled if you choose SQLite. For details, see the Advanced Options dialog box.

The name of the machine on which the SQL server is running.

Enter in the format <machine name>\<DB instance name>. For example, mycomp_01\SQLEXPRESS.

Enables you to use your Windows login, instead of specifying a user name and password. By default, the user name "sa" and no password are used for the SQL server.

The user name for the master database.

The password for the master database.

Enables you to import data directly from the Analysis machine. For details, see SQL server setup and imports.

• Shared folder path. Enter a shared folder on the SQL server. For example, if your SQL server's name is fly, enter \\fly\<Analysis database folder>\.

This folder has different functions, depending on how you import the Analysis data:

• If you did not select the option to import data directly from the Analysis machine, this folder stores permanent and temporary database files. Analysis results stored on an SQL server can only be viewed on the machine's local LAN.

• If you selected the option to import data directly from the Analysis machine, this folder is used to store an empty database template copied from the Analysis machine.

• Local folder path. Enter the real drive and folder path on the SQL server that correspond to the above shared folder path. For example, if the Analysis database is mapped to an SQL server named fly, and fly is mapped to drive D, enter D:\<Analysis database folder>.

If the SQL server and Analysis are on the same machine, the two paths are identical.

If you selected the option to import data directly from the Analysis machine, the Shared folder path box is enabled. Analysis detects all shared folders on your Analysis machine and displays them in a drop-down list. Select a shared folder from the list.

Notes:

• Ensure that the user running the SQL server (by default, SYSTEM) has access rights to this shared folder.

• If you add a new shared folder on your machine, click the Refresh button to display the updated list of shared folders.

• Analysis creates the CSV files in this folder and the SQL server imports these CSV files from the Analysis machine directly into the database. This folder stores permanent and temporary database files.