Defining Monitoring Options

Click Configure Monitoring on the workflow bar. The Workflow - Configure Monitoring dialog box appears.

Select one of the following options and click Next:

Default monitoring - This option directs Performance Explorer to monitor a recommended set of data sources based on the application type under test. This is equivalent to enabling the Automatically start monitoring and Use default monitoring template settings for the Performance Explorer workspace (Settings > Active Profile > Replay > Monitoring > Use default monitoring template).
Custom monitoring - This option opens Performance Explorer in monitoring mode with the Data Source Wizard - Select Data Sources dialog box open, enabling you to manually configure data sources. Your Performance Explorer monitoring project settings will be saved along with your Silk Performer project settings.
No monitoring - This option enables you to run your test without monitoring of any local or remote servers. With this option the Automatically start monitoring setting is disabled (Settings > Active Profile > Replay > Monitoring > Use default monitoring template).

(for Default Monitoring and Custom Monitoring only) A confirmation dialog box will notify you if you have logging enabled. Logging may skew your test results.

Click OK to accept your logging settings or click Cancel to adjust your logging options (Settings > Active Profile > Results > Logging).

(for Custom Monitoring only) Performance Explorer starts and the Data Source Wizard opens. Complete the steps outlined in the wizard.

The Workflow - Workload Configuration dialog box appears. Click OK to accept your monitoring settings.