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Each Business-oriented category has six views organized as tabs in the Association area. The following table describes each of these tabs.
Table 4- 1 Association area tabs
| Tab | Description |
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| General | Shows the basic information about the activity for the entity (transactions and response time) along with SLA information. |
| Response Time | Displays the breakdown of the total response time to the different operations it does in the activity. |
| Client | Displays the breakdown of the client time spent in the activity. |
| Application | Shows the breakdown of the SAP application server processing time. |
| Database | Shows the breakdown of the database processing time. |
| Resources | Shows information about resources consumption for the activity. |
All of the above tabs display information on the following entities:
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The following table describes the information displayed in the General tab.
Table 4- 2 General tab
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Response Time (Avg) | Displays the average time of the activity. The response time is the sum of the client time, the queue time, the application time and the database time. |
| Backend Response Time (Avg) | Displays the average time of the activity in the Back End. The Backend response time is the sum of the queue time, the application time and the database time. |
| Transactions | Indicates the number of transactions run. |
| Response Times (Summed) | Displays the total response times of all activities, performed for the specific entity displayed. |
| Backend Response Time (Summed) | Displays the total Back End response times of all activities, performed for the specific entity displayed. |
| RFC Time | Indicates the percentage of time the activity was caused by RFCs. |
| SLA Compliance | Indicates the SLA compliance of the activity. |
The following table describes the information displayed in the Response Time tab.
Table 4- 3 Response Time tab
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Transactions | Indicates the number of transactions run. |
| Response Times (Summed) | Displays the total response times of activities, performed for the specific entity displayed. |
| Backend Response Time (Summed) | Displays the total Back End response times of all activities, performed for the specific entity displayed. |
| Client Times (Summed) | Indicates the total client time of the activity. The client time is the time the activity spent on the way to or back from the SAP application server plus the time it spent in the client machine. |
| Queue Times (Summed) | Indicates the total queue time of the activity. The queue time is the time the activity spent in the SAP application server waiting for a work process to process it. |
| Application Times (Summed) | Indicates the total application time of the activity. The application time is the time the activity spent being processed by the SAP application server. |
| DB Times (Summed) | Indicates the total database time of the activity. The database time is the time the activity spent in the SAP database. |
The following table describes the information displayed in the Client tab.
Table 4- 4 Client tab
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Transactions | Indicates the number of transactions run. |
| GUI Time (Sum) | The time spent for the first round-trip to pass from the SAP application server to the client, including the time spent in the client machine. |
| Work time (Sum) | Total time spent in the network while processing the transactions. |
| Roundtrips (Sum) | Number or interactions necessary in a transaction step to complete a round-trip from the SAP application server to the client machine. |
| GUI Time (Avg) | The average time spent for the first round-trip to pass from the SAP application server to the client, including the time spent in the client machine. |
| Work Time (Avg) | Average time spent in the network while processing the transactions. |
| Roundtrips (Avg) | Average number or interactions necessary in a transaction step to complete a round-trip from the SAP application server to the client machine. |
The following table describes the information displayed in the Application tab.
Table 4- 5 Application tab
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Transactions | Indicates the number of transactions run. |
| Load + Generate Time (Sum) | Total time spent on loading from the database and generating objects, such as, ABAP source code, CUA and screen information. |
| Enqueue Time (Sum) | Time spent waiting for a resource protected by a SAP lock, in seconds. |
| Roll (Wait + In) Time (Sum) | The time a program spends waiting at the application level for the GUI to respond. |
| Processing Time (Sum) | CPU time consumed by the work processes, in seconds. |
| Load + Generate Time (Avg) | Average time spent on loading from the database and generating objects, such as, ABAP source code, CUA and screen information. |
| Enqueue Time (Avg) | Average time spent waiting for a resource protected by a SAP lock, in seconds. |
| Roll (Wait + In) Time (Avg) | The average time a program spends waiting at the application level for the GUI to respond. |
| Processing Time (Avg) | Average CPU time consumed by the work processes, in seconds. |
The following table describes the information displayed in the Database tab.
Table 4- 6 Database tab
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Transactions | Indicates the number of transactions run. |
| Sequential Reads Time (Sum) | Time spent in the database for sequential reads. |
| Direct Reads Time (Sum) | Time spent in the database for direct reads. |
| Updates Time (Sum) | Time spent in the database for updates. |
| Sequential Reads | Number of requests for sequential reads from the database. |
| Direct Reads Requests (Sum) | Number of requests for direct reads from the database. |
| Updates Requests (Sum) | Number of requests for updates in the database. |
| Sequential Reads Time (Avg) | Average time spent in the database for sequential reads. |
| Direct Reads Time (Avg) | Average time spent in the database for direct reads. |
| Updates Time (Avg) | Average time spent in the database for updates. |
The following table describes the information displayed in the Resources tab.
Table 4- 7 Resources tab
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Transactions | Indicates the number of transactions run. |
| total Memory KB (Sum) | Memory used for processing the request. |
| PrivMode Count (Sum) | Number of times a work process runs in private mode. |
| CPU Time (Sum) | CPU time consumed on the machine. |
| KB Trans (Sum) | Amount of data transferred between client and server. |
| Total Memory KB (Avg) | Average memory used for processing the request. |
| PrivMode Count (Avg) | Average number of times a work process runs in private mode. |
| CPU Time (Avg) | Average CPU time consumed on the machine. |
| KB Trans (Avg) | Average amount of data transferred between client and server. |
RFC (Remote function calls) entities
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The following table describes the information displayed in the RFC entities table, when the RFC Functions or RFC Programs view is selected.
Table 4- 8 RFC (Remote function calls) entities
| Column | Description | ||
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| DB Time | Displays an icon when a significant time was detected for this RFC.
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| RFC Functions/RFC Programs | Displays the following entities:
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| Call Time (Avg) | Displays the average time of the RFC activity. The call time is the sum of the wait time and the execution time. | ||
| Calls | Displays the number of RFC calls. | ||
| Call Times (Summed) | Displays the summed call times of the activity. | ||
| SLA Compliance | Displays the SLA compliance of the activity. |
Step entities
The Steps view displays performance information on the steps that were run by your SAP system and the transactions to which each step belongs.
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The following table describes the information displayed in the Steps table, when the Steps view is selected.
Table 4- 9 Steps table
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
 | Click on the Details icon to open a dialog box that enables you to view additional details for the selected step. |
| Time | Displays the time unit the transaction was run in. |
| Transaction | Displays the name of the transaction that was run. |
| User | Indicates the user that initiated the transaction. |
| Client | Displays the user's client. |
| Program | Displays the name of the program that was run. |
| Screen | Displays the screen that was run. |
| GUI Program | Displays the GUI program that was run. |
| Response Time | Displays the total activity time. The response time is the sum of the client time, the queue time, the application time, and the database time. |
| Backend Response Team | Displays the total Back End activity time. The Backend Response Time is the sum of the queue time, the application time, and the database time. |
| Steps | Number of steps running for the transaction, user, client, program, screen and GUI program, during the specified time slice. |
| Client Time | Displays the total client time of the activity. The client time is the time the activity spent going to or from the SAP application server plus the time it spent in the client machine. |
| Queue Time | Displays the total queue time of the activity. The queue time is the time the activity spent in the SAP application server waiting for a work process to process it. |
| Application Time | Displays the total application time of the activity. The application time is the time the activity spent being processed by the SAP application server. |
| DB Time | Displays the total database time of the activity. The database time is the time the activity spent in the SAP database. |
See “Copying data to the clipboard” on page 21, “Determining which table columns to display” on page 21, “Viewing additional step details” on page 41, and “About the counters in Precise for SAP” on page 22.
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The following table describes the additional information that is displayed.
Table 4- 10 Additional step details
| Additional Performance Statistics | Description |
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| Response Time |
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| Client Time |
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| Application Time |
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| DB Operations |
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| DB Requests Average Time |
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| Application Server Buffers Ratio |
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| Memory Resources |
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Displaying business-oriented entities in the Main Area
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Precise for SAP enables you to determine if your SAP system is scalable. This is done by examining the impact of the number of transactions, steps and RFC calls on the average response time. In a well-scalable SAP system, growth in the number of transactions, steps and RFC calls will not impact the average response time. This can be observed in the Scalability View in the Steps and Response Time (Avg) graph.
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