Creating Monitor Writers

A monitor writer can be defined to capture measures during load tests. Monitor writes write a time series data (.tsd) file that you can include in an overview report or use as the basis for a chart.
  1. On the Real-Time Monitoring tab, in the New group, click Monitor Writer.
  2. Drag measures from the Monitor tree onto the writer.
  3. On the Real-Time Monitoring tab, in the Control group, click Recording.
  4. Specify a directory for the .tsd file and click Save. Performance Explorer will write all captured values into this .tsd file.
    Note: If you are running a load test and the workspace you have assigned to your profiles contains a monitor writer, all monitor writers begin writing automatically when the test starts and stop when the test finishes.
All monitor writers are stored in the result directory of the load test.
Note: For SAPGUI data sources, it is recommended that you change the monitor interval to 20 seconds or higher. To change the interval, click Properties in the Report group, on the Report tab. Then click the TSD-Writer tab and change the interval.