Setting Monitoring Options

Silk Performer enables you to define monitoring templates for your projects and to configure projects to automatically launch Performance Explorer when load tests begin.

In Silk Performer, expand the Profiles node in the Project tree.
Right-click the profile that you want to configure and choose Edit Profile.
Tip: Alternatively, you can choose Settings > Active Profile from the menu bar.

The Profile - [<profile name>] dialog box opens, and the Replay category is displayed in the shortcut list on the left.
In the shortcut list, click the Results icon.
Click the Monitoring tab.
In the Monitoring options area, check the Automatically start monitoring check box to automatically launch Silk Performer's monitoring facility when the test starts.
To automatically use the monitoring template that best suits the project, click the Use default monitoring template option button. For example, if you are creating a Web project, the template specifies the measurements that are useful for Web load tests.
To use a custom monitor template, click the Use custom monitoring template option button and perform one of the following steps:
- Type the name of the custom template file (.pew) that you want to use to monitor your server. Silk Performer creates a copy of the standard monitor template.
- Click the folder icon in the name field to select an existing monitoring template.
Optional: Click Edit Custom Monitor Template to add or remove any monitoring performance data. When you click this button, Silk Performance Explorer opens. Perform the following steps:
1. Add or remove any monitoring performance data.
2. Save the Silk Performance Explorer workspace to apply your changes to the template.
In the Performance Monitor integration area, check the Compute online performance data check box to compute data for additional performance measurements to be displayed in the Windows Performance Monitor. You can use this data to view concurrent users, transaction throughput, sent and received data, and executed SQL statements.
Click OK to save your settings.

When you perform a test, Silk Performer displays the server performance data that is relevant to the type of server under test.